{"product_id":"the-misanthrope-and-tartuffe-by-richard-wilbur-9780156605175","title":"The Misanthrope and Tartuffe, by Moli鑽e","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn brilliant rhymed couplets, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet Richard Wilbur renders two of seventeenth-century French playwright Moliere's comic masterpieces into English, capturing not only the form and spirit of the language but also its substance.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Misanthrope\u003c\/i\u003e is a searching comic study of falsity, shallowness, and self-righteousness through the character of Alceste, a man whose conscience and sincerity are too rigorous for his time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eTartuffe\u003c\/i\u003e, a wily, opportunistic swindler manipulates a wealthy prude and bigot through his claims of piety. This latter translation earned Wilbur a share of the Bollingen Translation Prize for his critically-acclaimed work of this satiric take on religious hypocrisy. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"Mr. Wilbur has given us a sound, modern, conversational poetry and has made Moliere's The Misanthrope brilliantly our own.\"--\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Richard Wilbur\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0156605171\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780156605175\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ecco Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/1965\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.30w x 0.80d","brand":"Richard Wilbur","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995496710399,"sku":"9780156605175","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ee5f769a-c8db-476d-a0f7-275787a75344.jpg?v=1683336148","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-misanthrope-and-tartuffe-by-richard-wilbur-9780156605175","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}