Woe from wit : a verse comedy in four acts / Alexander Griboedov ; translated by Betsy Hulick.
Woe from wit : a verse comedy in four acts / Alexander Griboedov ; translated by Betsy Hulick.
Woe from wit : a verse comedy in four acts / Alexander Griboedov ; translated by Betsy Hulick.
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New York : Columbia University Press, [2020]
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G 2020/5442
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English
Russian
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Physical content
xl, 152 pages ; 22 cm.
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
Introduction / by Angela Brintlinger -- Translator's Note -- Woe from wit.
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Publisher
New York : Columbia University Press, [2020]
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
[2020]
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"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...
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Woe from wit : a verse comedy in four acts / Alexander Griboedov ; translated by Betsy Hulick.
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Russian library (Columbia University. Press)
"Published with the support of Read Russia, Inc., and the Institute of Literary Translation, Russia."
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G 2020/5442
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74VKaOobzKRb
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ISBN
0231189788
9780231189781
DDC
891.723
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991024379473302626
