Moliere: The Complete Richard Wilbur Translations, Volume 1: The Bungler / Lover's Quarrels / The Imaginary Cuckhold, or Sganarelle / The School for H Moliere

For the 400th anniversary of Moliere's birth, Richard Wilbur's unsurpassed translations of Moli re's plays--themselves towering achievements in English verse--are brought together by Library of America in a two-volume editionOne of the most accomplished American poets of his generation, Richard Wilbur (1921-2017) was also a prolific translator of French and Russian literature. Wilbur, the critic John Simon once wrote, makes Moli re into as great an English verse playwright as he was a French one. His verse translations of Moli re's plays are especially admired by readers and are still performed today in theaters around the world.

Now, for the first time, all ten of Wilbur's unsurpassed translations of Moli re's plays are brought together in two-volume Library of America edition, fulfilling the poet's vision for the translations.This first volume comprises Moli re's