{"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 \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","brand":"Ecco Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48836093640909,"sku":"9780156605175","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0557\/1529\/9533\/files\/imageloader_c1ac71af-56f1-438d-9bd5-92b9c0886170.jpg?v=1790992738","url":"https:\/\/booksatmidnight.com\/products\/the-misanthrope-and-tartuffe-by-moliere","provider":"Books At Midnight","version":"1.0","type":"link"}