Moliere: The Complete Richard Wilbur Translations, Volume 1

All ten of Wilbur''s unsurpassed translations of Moliere''s plays are brought together in two-volume Library of America edition, fulfilling the poet''s vision for the translations. This first volume comprises Moliere''s delightful early farces The Bungler, Lover''s Quarrels, and The Imaginary Cuckhold, or Sganarelle; the comedies The School for Husbands and The School for Wives; and Don Juan, Moliere''s retelling of the Don Juan story. This volume includes the original introductions by Richard Wilbur and an introduction by Adam Gopnik on the exquisite art of Wilbur''s translations.