This is a new translation, in verse, of Moli?re's neoclassical masterpiece "Tartuffe". In addition to the translation, the book contains a long essay on this comedy; extensive textual notes to the translation; the original French version of "Tartuffe"; a chronology of Moli?re's life, work, and times; Moli?re's preface to "Tartuffe" and petitions to King Louis XIV on behalf of the play; a selection of critical reviews of "Tartuffe" in production; a...