Woe From Wit - A Verse Comedy in Four Acts

Zusatztext Those who know and love the original might have wished to see more of their favourite maxims recreated, but this buoyant English version wasn’t prepared with them in mind. It stands, and often takes to the air, on its own. Informationen zum Autor Alexander Griboedov (1795–1829), described by Pushkin as the “cleverest man of his generation,” is best known as the author of Woe from Wit. While serving on a diplomatic mission to Persia in the aftermath of the 1826–1828 Russo-Persian War, he was brutally murdered when a mob assaulted the Russian embassy in Tehran. Betsy Hulick has translated Russian poets and playwrights, including Pushkin and Chekhov, and her translation of Gogol’s Inspector General was produced on Broadway. Klappentext Alexander Griboedov's Woe from Wit is one of the masterpieces of Russian drama. A verse comedy set in Moscow high society after the Napoleonic wars, it offers sharply drawn characters and clever repartee, mixing meticulously crafted banter and biting social critique. Zusammenfassung Alexander Griboedov’s Woe from Wit is one of the masterpieces of Russian drama. A verse comedy set in Moscow high society after the Napoleonic wars, it offers sharply drawn characters and clever repartee, mixing meticulously crafted banter and biting social critique. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction by Angela Brintlinger Translator’s Note Dramatis Personae Woe from Wit

Product details

• Authors: Alexander Griboedov
• Assisted by: Angela Brintlinger (Introduction), Brintlinger Angela (Introduction), Betsy Hulick (Translation), Elizabeth Hulick (Translation)
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.01.2020
• EAN: 9780231189798
• ISBN: 978-0-231-18979-8
• No. of pages: 200
• Series: Russian Library; Russian Library
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; FICTION / Literary, Russian, Anthologies: general, Anthologies (non-poetry), Plays, Playscripts, LITERARY COLLECTIONS / Russian & Soviet, Anthologies