Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Oxford World's Classics)

Abbreviations Introduction Publication history Note on the text Note on the pronunciation and transcription of Persian words Select bibliography A chronology of Edward Fitzgerald Ruba'iyat of Omar Khayyam Tables of corresponding stanzas Variants Appendix 1. Critical responses to the Ruba'iyat in Fitzgerald's lifetime: four reviews and a polemical article Appendix 2. Tennyson, to E. Fitzgerald Explanatory notes Index. 'the Moving Finger Writes; And, Having Writ Moves On: Nor All Thy Piety Nor Wit Shall Lure It Back To Cancel Half A Line Nor All Thy Tears Wash Out A Word Of It.' In The 'rubáiyát' (short Epigrammatic Poems) Of The Medieval Persian Poet, Mathematician, And Philosopher Omar Khayyám, Edward Fitzgerald Saw An Unflinching Challenge To The Illusions And Consolations Of Mankind In Every Age. His Version Of Omar Is Neither A Translation Nor An Independent Poem; Sceptical Of Divine Providence And Insistent On The Pleasure Of The Passing Moment, Its 'orientalism' Offers Fitzgerald A Powerful And Distinctive Voice, In Whose Accents A Whole Victorian Generation Comes To Life. Although The Poem's Vision Is Bleak, It Is Conveyed In Some Of The Most Beautiful And Haunting Images In English Poetry - And Some Of The Sharpest- Edged. The Poem Sold No Copies At All On Its First Appearance In 1859, Yet When It Was 'discovered' Two Years Later Its First Admirers Included Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Swinburne, And Ruskin. Daniel Karlin's Richly Annotated Edition Does Justice To The Scope And Complexity Of Fitzgerald's Lyrical Meditation On 'human Death And Fate'. About The Series: For Over 100 Years Oxford World's Classics Has Made Available The Widest Range Of Literature From Around The Globe. Each Affordable Volume Reflects Oxford's Commitment To Scholarship, Providing The Most Accurate Text Plus A Wealth Of Other Valuable Features, Including Expert Introductions By Leading Authorities, Helpful Notes To Clarify The Text, Up-to-date Bibliographies For Further Study, And Much More. Edward FitzGerald's version of the Rubáiyát of the medieval Persian poet and philosopher Omar Khayyám contains some of the most frequently quoted - and beautiful - lines in English poetry. Daniel Karlin's richly annotated edition does justice to the scope and complexity of FitzGerald's lyrical meditation on 'human death and fate' Blue/Green Hardcover, pasted illustrations believed to be done by Willy Pogany, no pub. date, Thomas Crowell New York. Cover has gold decor.small miniature book. Written by Edward Fitzgerald.