The School for Wives and The Learned Ladies, by Molière - Two comedies in an acclaimed translation

The School for Wives concerns an insecure man who contrives to show the world how to rig an infallible alliance by marrying the perfect bride; The Learned Ladies centers on the domestic calamities wrought by a domineering woman upon her husband, children, and household. ?Wilbur...makes Molière into as great an English verse playwright as he was a French one? (John Simon, New York). Introductions by Richard Wilbur.

About the author

RICHARD WILBUR, one of America’s most beloved poets, has served as poet laureate of the United States. He has received the National Book Award, two Pulitzer Prizes, the National Arts Club medal of honor for literature, and a number of translation prizes, including two Bollingen Prizes and two awards from PEN.

Summary

The School for Wives concerns an insecure man who contrives to show the world how to rig an infallible alliance by marrying the perfect bride; The Learned Ladies centers on the domestic calamities wrought by a domineering woman upon her husband, children, and household. “Wilbur...makes Molière into as great an English verse playwright as he was a French one” (John Simon, New York). Introductions by Richard Wilbur.

Product details

• Authors: Moliere, Jean-Baptiste Moliere, Richard Wilbur
• Assisted by: Richard Wilbur (Translation)
• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Company
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 15.11.1991
• EAN: 9780156795029
• ISBN: 978-0-15-679502-9
• No. of pages: 324
• Weight: 298 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; DRAMA: Shakespeare, HISTORY: Modern / 19th Century, POETRY: Women Authors, HISTORY: Reference, POETRY: Subjects & Themes / General, LITERATURE: DRAMA, LITERATURE: LITERATURE IN TRANSLATION, HUMOR: Topic / History, DRAMA: European / General, POETRY: European / German, POETRY: European / Italian, HISTORY: Modern / 20th Century / General, EDUCATION: Teaching / Subjects / Arts & Humanities, EDUCATION: Teaching / Subjects / Language Arts