Wilbur, Richard 1921-2017
Overview
| Works: | 983 works in 2,210 publications in 5 languages and 70,774 library holdings |
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| Genres: | Poetry Drama Criticism, interpretation, etc Juvenile works Comedy plays Musicals Short stories Bibliography Interviews Verse drama |
| Roles: | Author, Translator, Lyricist, Librettist, Author of screenplay, Editor, Performer, Narrator, ite, Other, Signer, Author of afterword, colophon, etc., Composer, Contributor, Speaker, tra, Creator, Redactor, Adapter, Author of introduction, Photographer, Compiler, Former owner |
| Classifications: | PQ1842, 842.4 |
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Most widely held works about
Richard Wilbur
- A reader's guide to the poetry of Richard Wilbur by Rodney Stenning Edgecombe( )
- Wilbur's poetry : music in a scattering time by Bruce Michelson( )
- American poetry since 1945 : a critical survey by Stephen Stepanchev( Book )
- Poets on poetry by Howard Nemerov( Book )
- Richard Wilbur by Donald L Hill( Book )
- Contemporary poets by Harold Bloom( Book )
- The fifties: fiction, poetry, drama by Warren G French( Book )
- A stable-lamp is lighted : a sung prayer of the Christian tradition by Robert B Pierce( )
- The contemporary poet as artist and critic : eight symposia by Anthony Ostroff( Book )
- Modern American poetry: essays in criticism by Guy Owen( Book )
- Let us watch Richard Wilbur : a biographical study by Robert Bagg( )
- Poets in progress : critical prefaces to ten contemporary Americans by Edward Buell Hungerford( Book )
- Richard Wilbur's creation by Richard Wilbur( Book )
- Richard Wilbur; a bibliographical checklist by John P Field( Book )
- Richard Wilbur: a critical essay by Paul F Cummins( Book )
- Conversations with Richard Wilbur by Richard Wilbur( Book )
- The light within the light : portraits of Donald Hall, Richard Wilbur, Maxine Kumin, and Stanley Kunitz by Jeanne Braham( Book )
- American poetry( Book )
- Poems, 1943-1956 by Richard Wilbur( Book )
- Richard Wilbur : a reference guide by Frances Bixler( Book )
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Most widely held works by
Richard Wilbur
New and collected poems by
Richard Wilbur(
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25 editions published between 1947 and 1996 in English and held by 1,999 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection including six earlier volumes of Wilbur's poetry, twenty-seven new poems, and a cantata
25 editions published between 1947 and 1996 in English and held by 1,999 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection including six earlier volumes of Wilbur's poetry, twenty-seven new poems, and a cantata
The school for husbands : comedy in three acts, 1661 by
Molière(
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15 editions published between 1991 and 2012 in English and held by 1,802 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"This volume combines The School for Husbands, written in 1661, with The Imaginary Cuckold, or Sganarelle, originally performed in 1660. During Molière's lifetime these two plays were the most produced by his company."--Back cover
15 editions published between 1991 and 2012 in English and held by 1,802 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"This volume combines The School for Husbands, written in 1661, with The Imaginary Cuckold, or Sganarelle, originally performed in 1660. During Molière's lifetime these two plays were the most produced by his company."--Back cover
The misanthrope ; and Tartuffe by
Molière(
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34 editions published between 1867 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,629 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In the MISANTHROPE, Alceste begins as a man who loves mankind so much that he cannot brook flattery or hypocrisy and winds up withdrawing from society in disgust. In Tartuffe, unctuous, cunning and evil Tartuffe insinuates himself into the home of substantial citizen Orgon. Tartuffe almost succeeds in driving the son away, marrying the daughter, seducing the wife and depriving Orgon of all his possessions
34 editions published between 1867 and 2011 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,629 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In the MISANTHROPE, Alceste begins as a man who loves mankind so much that he cannot brook flattery or hypocrisy and winds up withdrawing from society in disgust. In Tartuffe, unctuous, cunning and evil Tartuffe insinuates himself into the home of substantial citizen Orgon. Tartuffe almost succeeds in driving the son away, marrying the daughter, seducing the wife and depriving Orgon of all his possessions
Candide by
Leonard Bernstein(
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60 editions published between 1963 and 2018 in 4 languages and held by 1,458 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
New York City Opera
60 editions published between 1963 and 2018 in 4 languages and held by 1,458 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
New York City Opera
Amphitryon by
Molière(
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7 editions published between 1995 and 2012 in English and held by 1,445 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A new translation set in rhyme of a French classic. It tells of Jupiter's affair with the wife of a Greek general. Says Jupiter: "Your love for me was very weak, perforce, / If by so small a thing it was undone! / Should a little joke occasion a divorce, / And should one bridle at what was meant in fun?"
7 editions published between 1995 and 2012 in English and held by 1,445 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A new translation set in rhyme of a French classic. It tells of Jupiter's affair with the wife of a Greek general. Says Jupiter: "Your love for me was very weak, perforce, / If by so small a thing it was undone! / Should a little joke occasion a divorce, / And should one bridle at what was meant in fun?"
Tartuffe, and other plays by
Molière(
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29 editions published between 1961 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 1,430 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An imposter cleric gets into the house of the wealthy Orgon, whom he fools into promising him his wealth, position, and his young daughter. The translation into English verse of one of Molière's most masterful and most popular plays. A continuous delight from beginning to end (Richard Eberhart). Introduction by Richard Wilbur
29 editions published between 1961 and 2007 in 3 languages and held by 1,430 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An imposter cleric gets into the house of the wealthy Orgon, whom he fools into promising him his wealth, position, and his young daughter. The translation into English verse of one of Molière's most masterful and most popular plays. A continuous delight from beginning to end (Richard Eberhart). Introduction by Richard Wilbur
The school for wives : comedy in five acts, 1662 by
Molière(
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17 editions published between 1967 and 1999 in English and held by 1,366 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Romantic comedy set in 17th-century France with the aged guardian versus young man as suitor of young woman
17 editions published between 1967 and 1999 in English and held by 1,366 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Romantic comedy set in 17th-century France with the aged guardian versus young man as suitor of young woman
Walking to sleep : new poems and translations by
Richard Wilbur(
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23 editions published between 1968 and 1976 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,320 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
23 editions published between 1968 and 1976 in English and Undetermined and held by 1,320 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Collected poems, 1943-2004 by
Richard Wilbur(
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12 editions published between 2004 and 2006 in English and held by 1,254 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
From the Publisher: Over the course of his distinguished sixty-year career, Richard Wilbur has written seventeen collections of poetry, four children's books, and numerous works in prose and translations. This comprehensive collection presents Wilbur's poems, including several new and never before published. In trackless woods, it puzzled me to find; Four great rock maples seemingly aligned, As if they had been set out in a row; Before some house a century ago, To edge the property and lend some shade. I looked to see if ancient wheels had made; Old ruts to which the trees ran parallel, But there were none, so far as I could tell- There'd been no roadway. Nor could I find the square; Depression of a cellar anywhere, And so I tramped on further, to survey; Amazing patterns in a hornbeam spray; Or spirals in a pine cone, under trees ;Not subject to our stiff geometries.-from "In Trackless Woods."
12 editions published between 2004 and 2006 in English and held by 1,254 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
From the Publisher: Over the course of his distinguished sixty-year career, Richard Wilbur has written seventeen collections of poetry, four children's books, and numerous works in prose and translations. This comprehensive collection presents Wilbur's poems, including several new and never before published. In trackless woods, it puzzled me to find; Four great rock maples seemingly aligned, As if they had been set out in a row; Before some house a century ago, To edge the property and lend some shade. I looked to see if ancient wheels had made; Old ruts to which the trees ran parallel, But there were none, so far as I could tell- There'd been no roadway. Nor could I find the square; Depression of a cellar anywhere, And so I tramped on further, to survey; Amazing patterns in a hornbeam spray; Or spirals in a pine cone, under trees ;Not subject to our stiff geometries.-from "In Trackless Woods."
The poems of Richard Wilbur by
Richard Wilbur(
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19 editions published between 1963 and 2012 in English and held by 1,229 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of 149 poems by American poet Richard Wilbur, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the National Book Award
19 editions published between 1963 and 2012 in English and held by 1,229 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of 149 poems by American poet Richard Wilbur, recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry and the National Book Award
Responses : prose pieces, 1953-1976 by
Richard Wilbur(
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15 editions published between 1976 and 2000 in English and held by 1,222 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"A new and expanded edition of the first book of essays and reviews by one of America's great poets. This edition contains an updated introduction by the author and a major essay, "The House of Poe."" "In the minds of many, Richard Wilbur is the "godfather" of the New Formalist and New Narrative poetries. In addition to his award-winning poetry and his superb translations of Moliere and others, Wilbur has for decades written some of the most generous, insightful, and truthful literary criticism of our time."--Jacket
15 editions published between 1976 and 2000 in English and held by 1,222 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"A new and expanded edition of the first book of essays and reviews by one of America's great poets. This edition contains an updated introduction by the author and a major essay, "The House of Poe."" "In the minds of many, Richard Wilbur is the "godfather" of the New Formalist and New Narrative poetries. In addition to his award-winning poetry and his superb translations of Moliere and others, Wilbur has for decades written some of the most generous, insightful, and truthful literary criticism of our time."--Jacket
The disappearing alphabet by
Richard Wilbur(
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14 editions published between 1997 and 2001 in English and held by 1,194 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of twenty-six short poems pondering what the world would be like if any letters of the alphabet should disappear
14 editions published between 1997 and 2001 in English and held by 1,194 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A collection of twenty-six short poems pondering what the world would be like if any letters of the alphabet should disappear
Things of this world : poems by
Richard Wilbur(
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9 editions published between 1956 and 1957 in English and held by 1,095 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
9 editions published between 1956 and 1957 in English and held by 1,095 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
The bungler by
Molière(
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5 editions published between 2000 and 2012 in English and held by 1,086 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Molière's THE BUNGLER (1655) takes place in the Sicilian city of Messina and is a fresh, zestful verse treatment of the familiar elements of Italian popular comedy. A beautiful young woman named Célie has been traveling with a gypsy band and, shortly before the play begins, has been left by the gypsies with a rich old man named Trufaldin as security for a loan. Two young men of Messina, Lélie and Léandre, have lately been rivals for the hand of a girl named Hippolyte, but when Célie appears on the scene they are both smitten by her, and she becomes the new object of their rivalry. The warm, impetuous Lélie turns to his valet, a cunning trickster named Mascarille, for help in out-witting Léandre and in freeing the pawned Célie from what amounts to captivity. Mascarille, who loves to plot and deceive, contrives ruse after ruse in his master's interest, but is repeatedly frustrated by the blunders of Lélie--who, even when he is an informed participant in his valet's schemes, manages unintentionally to spoil them. This joke is repeated for nearly five acts, and does not grow tiresome: One delights in the resilience of Mascarille, the wondrous variety of his intrigues, and the astonishing ability of Lélie to botch them. As the result of certain discoveries, the play is able at its close to unite Lélie with his Célie, who turns out to be of gentle birth. Léandre is reunited with Hippolyte, to the satisfaction of her father, Anselme, and indeed the dénouement pleases everyone, including Trufaldin, Pandolfe (Lélie's father), and Andrès, a former suitor of Célie's who is now revealed to be her long-lost brother. It is, as Mascarille observes, "like the ending of a comedy
5 editions published between 2000 and 2012 in English and held by 1,086 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Molière's THE BUNGLER (1655) takes place in the Sicilian city of Messina and is a fresh, zestful verse treatment of the familiar elements of Italian popular comedy. A beautiful young woman named Célie has been traveling with a gypsy band and, shortly before the play begins, has been left by the gypsies with a rich old man named Trufaldin as security for a loan. Two young men of Messina, Lélie and Léandre, have lately been rivals for the hand of a girl named Hippolyte, but when Célie appears on the scene they are both smitten by her, and she becomes the new object of their rivalry. The warm, impetuous Lélie turns to his valet, a cunning trickster named Mascarille, for help in out-witting Léandre and in freeing the pawned Célie from what amounts to captivity. Mascarille, who loves to plot and deceive, contrives ruse after ruse in his master's interest, but is repeatedly frustrated by the blunders of Lélie--who, even when he is an informed participant in his valet's schemes, manages unintentionally to spoil them. This joke is repeated for nearly five acts, and does not grow tiresome: One delights in the resilience of Mascarille, the wondrous variety of his intrigues, and the astonishing ability of Lélie to botch them. As the result of certain discoveries, the play is able at its close to unite Lélie with his Célie, who turns out to be of gentle birth. Léandre is reunited with Hippolyte, to the satisfaction of her father, Anselme, and indeed the dénouement pleases everyone, including Trufaldin, Pandolfe (Lélie's father), and Andrès, a former suitor of Célie's who is now revealed to be her long-lost brother. It is, as Mascarille observes, "like the ending of a comedy
Candide : comic operetta in two acts by
Burton D Fisher(
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2 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 1,011 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
2 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 1,011 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Advice to a prophet, and other poems by
Richard Wilbur(
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14 editions published between 1961 and 1967 in English and held by 989 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
14 editions published between 1961 and 1967 in English and held by 989 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Opposites by
Richard Wilbur(
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15 editions published between 1973 and 2006 in English and Japanese and held by 938 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Thirty poems about unusual opposites of familiar words
15 editions published between 1973 and 2006 in English and Japanese and held by 938 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Thirty poems about unusual opposites of familiar words
The mind-reader by
Richard Wilbur(
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21 editions published between 1974 and 1977 in English and held by 932 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
21 editions published between 1974 and 1977 in English and held by 932 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
How we live : contemporary life in contemporary fiction : an anthology by
Penney Chapin Hills(
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1 edition published in 1968 in English and held by 923 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Presents "short stories, novellas, and self-contained excerpts from novels in such a way that we are given a comprehensive psychological-sociological account of our life and times."
1 edition published in 1968 in English and held by 923 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Presents "short stories, novellas, and self-contained excerpts from novels in such a way that we are given a comprehensive psychological-sociological account of our life and times."
Lovers' quarrels by
Molière(
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4 editions published between 2007 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 840 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Lover's quarrels (1656) was Molière's second full-length play in verse, and it is a comedy animated by deception and misunderstanding. A young woman (Ascagne) has worn masculine disguise since childhood, for the sake of an inheritance that would otherwise go to the household of young Valère. Ascagne loves Valère, who is a suitor of her sister Lucile, and cleverly manages to marry him in a midnight ceremony, Valère believing that his veiled and unseen bride is Lucile. Valère's manservant Mascarille is similarly deceived and, under pressure, conveys his misinformation to Éraste, a young man who jealously loves Lucile and is loved in turn by her. The ensuing quarrel between Éraste and Lucile lasts until the fourth act, and is paralleled by the quarreling and reconciliation of Gros-René (Éraste's valet) and Marinette (Lucile's maid)"--P. [4] of cover
4 editions published between 2007 and 2012 in English and Undetermined and held by 840 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
"Lover's quarrels (1656) was Molière's second full-length play in verse, and it is a comedy animated by deception and misunderstanding. A young woman (Ascagne) has worn masculine disguise since childhood, for the sake of an inheritance that would otherwise go to the household of young Valère. Ascagne loves Valère, who is a suitor of her sister Lucile, and cleverly manages to marry him in a midnight ceremony, Valère believing that his veiled and unseen bride is Lucile. Valère's manservant Mascarille is similarly deceived and, under pressure, conveys his misinformation to Éraste, a young man who jealously loves Lucile and is loved in turn by her. The ensuing quarrel between Éraste and Lucile lasts until the fourth act, and is paralleled by the quarreling and reconciliation of Gros-René (Éraste's valet) and Marinette (Lucile's maid)"--P. [4] of cover
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Related Identities
- Molière 1622-1673 Author
- Poets Laureate Collection (Library of Congress)
- Bernstein, Leonard 1918-1990 Other Performer Librettist Conductor Author Composer
- Latouche, John 1914-1956 Other Contributor Librettist Lyricist
- Dickey, James Signer
- Sondheim, Stephen Other Lyricist
- Lowell, Robert 1917-1977 Author
- Wheeler, Hugh 1912-1987 Other Honoree Librettist Adapter Author
- Hellman, Lillian 1905-1984 Author Librettist Lyricist Composer
- Shapiro, Karl 1913-2000
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Aiken, Conrad, American literature American poetry Ammons, A. R., Ashbery, John, Baraka, Amiri, Berryman, John, Bishop, Elizabeth, Bishop, Leonard, Bly, Robert Brinnin, John Malcolm, Brooks, Gwendolyn, Children's poetry, American Creeley, Robert, Dickey, James Duncan, Robert, Eberhart, Richard, English language--Alphabet Fitzgerald, Robert, France French drama French drama (Comedy) French literature Ginsberg, Allen, Jarrell, Randall, Kinnell, Galway, Koch, Kenneth, Levertov, Denise, Lowell, Robert, McCarthy, Mary, Merwin, W. S.--(William Stanley), Molière, Moore, Marianne, Musicals Nemerov, Howard O'Connor, Flannery Old man and the sea (Hemingway, Ernest) Poetry Poets, American Pulitzer Prizes Ransom, John Crowe, Rich, Adrienne, Roethke, Theodore, Shapiro, Karl, Stafford, William, Steinbeck, John, Stevens, Wallace, Warren, Robert Penn, Wilbur, Richard, Wright, James,
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Purdy Wilbur, Richard 1921-
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Wilbur, Richard, 1921-
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Ричард Уилбър
Річард Вілбер
Уилбер, Ричард
ריצ'רד וילבור משורר אמריקאי
ریچارد ویلبر
ریچارد ویلبر شاعر آمریکایی
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理查德·威爾伯
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