Edward Fitzgerald's The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations)

Penned by Omar Khayy?m circa 1120, these quatrains of Arabic verse were introduced to England in 1859 by scholar poet Edward FitzGerald. The overwhelming popularity of FitzGerald's lyrical translation owes as much to the translator as the writer. The title, Edward FitzGerald’s The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, part of Chelsea House Publishers’ Modern Critical Interpretations series, presents the most important 20th-century criticism on Edward FitzGerald’s The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam through extracts of critical essays by well-known literary critics. This collection of criticism also features a short biography on Edward FitzGerald, a chronology of the author’s life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University. Introduction / Harold Bloom The fin de siècle cult of FitzGerald's "Rubaiyat" of Omar Khayyam / John D. Yohannan The Rubaʻiyat of Omar Khayyam / Iran B. Hassani Jewett Fugitive articulation : an introduction to the Rubaʻiyat of Omar Khayyam / Daniel Schenker The discovery of the Rubaʻiyat / Robert Bernard Martin The apocalyptic vision of La vida es sueño : Calderʹon and Edward FitzGerald / Frederick A. de Armas Young Eliot's rebellion / Vinnie-Marie d'Ambrosio Larger hopes and the new hedonism : Tennyson and FitzGerald / Norman Page Bernard Quaritch and "My Omar" : the struggle for FitzGerald's Rubaʻiyat / Arthur Freeman Paradise enow / John Hollander The tale of the inimitable Rubaiyat / Tracia Leacock-Seghatolislami Forgetting FitzGerald's Rubaʻiyat / Erik Gray. - Presents the most important 20th century criticism on major works from The Odyssey through modern literature - The critical essays reflect a variety of schools of criticism - Contains critical biographies, notes on the contributing critics, a chronology of the author's life, and an index - Introductory essay by Harold Bloom Presents eleven critical essays on Edward FitzGerald's 1859 poem "The Rubìyt̀ of Omar Khayym̀" published between 1971 and 2001, and includes a chronology, a bibliography, and an introduction by critic Harold Bloom Each new volume is a biographical and critical review of one of the world's most important writers with expert analysis by Harold Bloom. A critical overview of the work features the writings of John D. Yohannan, Daniel Schenker, Norman Page, and other scholars.