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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." [3]
Apr 17, 2020 · This may explain why one of the masterpieces of Russian drama, Gore ot uma by Aleksandr Griboedov (pronounced Gri-boy-EH-doff), is virtually unknown in the English-speaking world.
Aleksandr S. Griboedov's masterpiece, the comedy Gore ot uma (Woe from Wit) has been translated into many languages, including English, French, German and Italian.
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...
Gore ot uma (Woe from Wit) The Gore ot uma we know is not the work which Griboedov dreamed of writing. In his own brief note on his comedy, probably written, according to Piksanov, at the end of 1824, he tells us: The first outline of this poem for the stage, as I conceived it, was of the utmost
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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The comedy Gore ot uma (Woe from Wit) by Aleksandr Sergeevich Griboedov is regarded as one of the finest in Russian literature. During Griboedov’s lifetime, however, production of the play was prohibited and only fragments of it were published because of his political leanings.
