{"product_id":"the-misanthrope-and-tartuffe-by-moliere","title":"The Misanthrope And Tartuffe, By Molière","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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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  ","brand":"Richard Wilbur","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":51671460544818,"sku":"9780156605175","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0988\/7934\/0850\/files\/9780156605175.jpg?v=1787960611","url":"https:\/\/53rdstreetbooks.com\/products\/the-misanthrope-and-tartuffe-by-moliere","provider":"53rd Street Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}