Woe from wit : a verse comedy in four acts /

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Author / Creator:Griboyedov, Aleksandr Sergeyevich, 1795-1829, author.
Uniform title:Gore ot uma. English
Imprint:New York : Columbia University Press, [2020]
Description:xl, 152 pages ; 22 cm.
Language:English
Series:Russian library (Columbia University. Press)
Russian library (Columbia University. Press)
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12319963
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Other authors / contributors:Hulick, Betsy, translator.
ISBN:9780231189781
0231189788
9780231189798
0231189796
9780231548519
Notes:"Published with the support of Read Russia, Inc., and the Institute of Literary Translation, Russia."
Summary:"Alexander Griboedov's Woe from Wit is one of the masterpieces of Russian drama. A verse comedy set in Moscow high society after the Napoleonic wars, it offers sharply drawn characters and clever repartee, mixing meticulously crafted banter and biting social critique. Its protagonist, Chatsky, is an idealistic ironist, a complex Romantic figure who would be echoed in Russian literature from Pushkin onward. Chatsky returns from three years abroad hoping to rekindle a romance with his childhood sweetheart, Sophie. In the meantime, she has fallen in love with Molchalin, her reactionary father Famusov's scheming secretary. Chatsky speaks out against the hypocrisy of aristocratic society--and as scandal erupts, he is met with accusations of madness. Woe from Wit was written in 1823 and was an immediate sensation, but under heavy-handed tsarist censorship, it was not published in full until forty years later. Its influence is felt not just in Russian literary language but in everyday speech. It is the source of a remarkable number of frequently quoted aphorisms and turns of phrase, comparable to Shakespeare's influence on English. Yet owing to its complex rhyme scheme and verse structure, the play has frequently been considered almost untranslatable. Betsy Hulick's translation brings Griboedov's sparkling wit, spirited dialogue, and effortless crossing of registers from elevated to colloquial into a lively contemporary English"--
Other form:Online version: Griboyedov, Aleksandr Sergeyevich, 1795-1829. Gore ot uma. English. Woe from wit. New York : Columbia University Press, [2020]. 9780231548519

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