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Woe from Wit (Russian: Го́ре от ума́, romanized: Gore ot uma, also translated as "The Woes of Wit", "Wit Works Woe", Wit's End, [1] [2] and so forth) is Alexander Griboyedov's comedy in verse, satirizing the society of post-Napoleonic Moscow, or, as a high official in the play styled it, "a pasquinade on Moscow."
Neither these nor his essays and poetry would have been long remembered but for the success of his verse comedy Woe from Wit (Russian: Горе от ума, Gore ot Uma), a satire on Russian aristocratic society.
Aug 15, 2024 · 1994 marked 200 years since the birth of Aleksandr Sergeevič Griboedov, the author known primarily for one significant work, Gore ot uma (Woe From Wit). The fame of this play has generated...
first. Gore umu extracts the essence of Isaiah's warning, Gore ot uma emphasises the consequence of not heeding it; prompted, perhaps, by the Kniazhnin, Griboedov has compressed Isaiah's thinking into something crisp but enigmatic. Pushkin was quick to perceive the disparity between play and title. "Who is the intelligent character in Gore ot
Apr 17, 2020 · Composed between 1819 and 1824, publication of Gore ot Uma was prevented by state censorship until 1833 and then only with substantial cuts. Yet even as the manuscript was being passed from hand to hand – a typical Russian transmission of proscribed writing — its lines were becoming proverbial.
A.S. Griboyedov, Gore ot uma, edited with introduction, bibliography and vocabulary by Richard Peace, notes by D.P. Costello, Bristol Classical Press, 1995, 178 pp, paperback.
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Aleksandr Sergeyevich Griboyedov (born Jan. 4 [Jan. 15, New Style], 1795, Moscow, Russia—died Jan. 30 [Feb. 11], 1829, Tehrān, Iran) was a Russian playwright whose comedy Gore ot uma (Wit Works Woe) is one of the finest in Russian literature.
