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Loading... The Misanthrope, Tartuffe, and Other Plays (Oxford World's Classics) (edition 2001)by Moliere
Work InformationCritique of the School for Wives / Learned Women / Misanthrope / School for Wives / Tartuffe / Versailles Impromptu by Molière
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'Why does he write those ghastly plays that the whole of Paris flocks to see? And why does he paint such lifelike portraits that everyone recognizes themselves?' Moliere, The Impromptu at VersaillesThis volume brings together four of Moliere's greatest verse comedies covering the best years of his prolific writing career. Actor, director, and playwright, Moliere (1622-73) was one of the finest and most influential French dramatists, adept at portraying human foibles and puncturing pomposity.The School for Wives was his first great success; Tartuffe, condemned and banned for five years, his most controversial play. The Misanthrope is his acknowledged masterpiece, and The Clever Women his last, and perhaps best-constructed, verse piece. In addition this collection includes a spiritedattack on his enemies and a defence of his theatre, in the form of two sparkling short plays, The School for Wives Criticized and The Impromptu at Versailles.Moliere's prose plays are available in a complementary Oxford World's Classics edition, Don Juan and Other Plays. No library descriptions found. |
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The translator went for rhyme at the expense of metre and, it seemed to me, register. Sometimes slang was used to get the rhyme and at other times the language was dated and stylized. The effect was a bit trite at times - like the verse in a greetings card. ( )