The romance of the Rubáiyát (1959)

First published in 1959, this reprint of the first edition of Edward FitzGerald’s translation of the __Rubáiyát__ is accompanied by an introduction and notes by A J Arberry, one of Britain’s most distinguished Orientalist scholars. The __Rubáiyát__ is a selection of poems written in Persian attributed to Omar Khayyám. The work will be of interest to those studying Middle Eastern Literature. A. J. Arberry is one of Britain's most distinguished and celebrated Orientalist scholars. This set contains five of Professor Arberry's works: Scheherezade: Tales from the Thousand and One Nights (1953); The Seven Odes: The First Chapter in Arabic literature (1957); Classical Persian Literature (1958); The Romance of the Rubaiìyatì (1959); Oriental Essays: Portraits of Seven Scholars (1960); More Tales from the Masnavi (1963). These titles include translations of key middle-eastern texts and informative works on Persian literature as well as the European scholars that paved the way for 20th century Orientalist study. This set will be of interest to those studying Middle-Eastern literature and history. "First published in 1958, this work by one of Britain's most celebrated Orientalist scholars, tells the story of the rebirth of national literature in Persia after the fall of the Sᾱsᾱnian empire in the seventh century. It traces the course of this literature's development and full maturity from the ninth century to the end of the fifteenth century and looks at a number of important writers including the Saljῡq poets, Rῡmῑ, ῌᾱfiz and Jᾱmῑ"-- Provided by publisher Cover 1 Title Page 4 Copyright Page 5 Original Title Page 8 Original Copyright Page 9 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS 10 Table of Contents 12 ILLUSTRATIONS 14 Preliminary Essay 16 Introduction 44 Appendix 106 The First Edition of the Rubáiyát 158 TABLE AND NOTES 194 BIBLIOGRAPHY 251 INDEX 254