Oscar Mandel

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In English

Poetry and about poetry

Where Is the Light? Poems 1955-2005.
Fundamentals of the Art of Poetry.

Dramatic Works

Collected Plays in two volumes.
Amphitryon (“Molière’s Amphitryon in a licentious translation by Oscar Mandel”).
The Summoning of Philoctetes: in the volume Philoctetes and the Fall of Troy.
The Kukkurrik Fables: 43 mini-dramas for all media.
The Virgin and the Unicorn: Four Plays.
Two Romantic Plays: The Spaniards in Denmark by Prosper Mérimée and The Rebels of Nantucket by Oscar Mandel.
Reinventions: Four Plays after Homer, Cervantes, Calderón and Marivaux.

Fiction

Chi Po and the Sorcerer: a Chinese Tale for Children and Philosophers.
Gobble-Up Stories.

Personal essays

The Book of Elaborations.

Themes in literature and art

A Definition of Tragedy.
Philoctetes and the Fall of Troy: Plays, Documents, Iconography, Interpretations.
The Theatre of Don Juan: a Collection of Plays and Views 1630-1963.

Translations

Five Comedies of Medieval France. With an historical introduction.
Thomas Corneille’s Ariadne, followed by an essay on French classical tragedy.
Seven Comedies by Marivaux.
Prosper Mérimée: Plays on Hispanic Themes. With critical essays and notes.
Ludwig Tieck: The Land of Upside Down. With a critical and biographical essay.
August von Kotzebue: the Comedy, the Man. With a biography and critical appraisal.
Other translations by the author can be found in Philoctetes and the Fall of Troy, The Theatre of Don Juan and Two Romantic Plays.

Art History

The Art of Alessandro Magnasco: an Essay in the Recovery of Meaning.
The Cheerfulness of Dutch Art: a Rescue Operation.

En français

Théâtre

L’Arc de Philoctète.
Le Triomphe d’Agamemnon.
Amphitryon, ou le cocu béni.

Récits

Chi Po et le sorcier: conte chinois.
La Reine de Patagonie et son caniche: fables.

Poésie

Cette guêpe me regarde de travers: poèmes en deux langues.