The Resource Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam : the astronomer-poet of Persia, Edward FitzGerald ; edited with an introduction and notes by Daniel Karlin
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam : the astronomer-poet of Persia, Edward FitzGerald ; edited with an introduction and notes by Daniel Karlin
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- Summary
- In 1859, Edward FitzGerald translated into English the short, epigrammatic poems of medieval Persian poet Omar Khayyam. If not a true translation--his Omar seems to have read Shakespeare and the King James Bible--the poem nevertheless conveyed some of the most beautiful and haunting images in English poetry, and some of the sharpest-edged. By the end of the century, it was one of the best-known poems in the English language, admired by Swinburne and Ruskin. Daniel Karlin's richly annotated edition focuses on the poem as a work of Victorian literary art, doing justice to the scope and complexity of FitzGerald's lyrical meditation on "human death and fate." Karlin provides a fascinating critical introduction which documents the poem's treatment of its Persian sources, along with its multiple affiliations with English and Classical literature and to the Bible. A selection of contemporary reviews offers an insight into the poem's early reception, including the first attack on its status as a translation. -- Publisher description
- Language
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- eng
- per
- eng
- Extent
- lxix, 167 pages
- Note
- Originally published: 2009
- Contents
-
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- Publication history
- Note on the text
- Note on the pronunciation and transcription of Persian words
- Select bibliography
- A chronology of Edward Fitzgerald
- Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam
- Tables of corresponding stanzas
- Variants
- Appendix I : critical responses to the Rubáiyát in FitzGerald's lifetime : four reviews and a polemical article
- Appendix II : Alfred Tennyson, "To E. FitzGerald."
- Isbn
- 9780199580507
- Label
- Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam : the astronomer-poet of Persia
- Title
- Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam
- Title remainder
- the astronomer-poet of Persia
- Statement of responsibility
- Edward FitzGerald ; edited with an introduction and notes by Daniel Karlin
- Language
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- eng
- per
- eng
- Summary
- In 1859, Edward FitzGerald translated into English the short, epigrammatic poems of medieval Persian poet Omar Khayyam. If not a true translation--his Omar seems to have read Shakespeare and the King James Bible--the poem nevertheless conveyed some of the most beautiful and haunting images in English poetry, and some of the sharpest-edged. By the end of the century, it was one of the best-known poems in the English language, admired by Swinburne and Ruskin. Daniel Karlin's richly annotated edition focuses on the poem as a work of Victorian literary art, doing justice to the scope and complexity of FitzGerald's lyrical meditation on "human death and fate." Karlin provides a fascinating critical introduction which documents the poem's treatment of its Persian sources, along with its multiple affiliations with English and Classical literature and to the Bible. A selection of contemporary reviews offers an insight into the poem's early reception, including the first attack on its status as a translation. -- Publisher description
- Cataloging source
- UKM
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Omar Khayyam
- Dewey number
- 891.5511
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PK6513
- LC item number
- .A1 2010
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
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- 1809-1883
- 1953-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
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- FitzGerald, Edward
- Karlin, Daniel
- Series statement
- Oxford world's classics
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Omar Khayyam
- Persian poetry
- Persian poetry
- Label
- Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam : the astronomer-poet of Persia, Edward FitzGerald ; edited with an introduction and notes by Daniel Karlin
- Note
- Originally published: 2009
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Publication history -- Note on the text -- Note on the pronunciation and transcription of Persian words -- Select bibliography -- A chronology of Edward Fitzgerald -- Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam -- Tables of corresponding stanzas -- Variants -- Appendix I : critical responses to the Rubáiyát in FitzGerald's lifetime : four reviews and a polemical article -- Appendix II : Alfred Tennyson, "To E. FitzGerald."
- Control code
- ocn520714684
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- lxix, 167 pages
- Isbn
- 9780199580507
- Lccn
- 2010514063
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Label
- Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam : the astronomer-poet of Persia, Edward FitzGerald ; edited with an introduction and notes by Daniel Karlin
- Note
- Originally published: 2009
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Publication history -- Note on the text -- Note on the pronunciation and transcription of Persian words -- Select bibliography -- A chronology of Edward Fitzgerald -- Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam -- Tables of corresponding stanzas -- Variants -- Appendix I : critical responses to the Rubáiyát in FitzGerald's lifetime : four reviews and a polemical article -- Appendix II : Alfred Tennyson, "To E. FitzGerald."
- Control code
- ocn520714684
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Extent
- lxix, 167 pages
- Isbn
- 9780199580507
- Lccn
- 2010514063
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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