Author : Adrian Poole
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 35,42 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0857287818
For all its fame in the wider world, Edward FitzGerald's 'Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám' (1859) has been largely ignored by the academic establishment. This volume explores the reasons for both its popularity and neglect.
Author : Edward FitzGerald
Publisher :
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 14,55 MB
Release : 2014-09-14
Category :
ISBN : 9781502377661
Of special note in this still youthful age of self-published books (digital ebooks as well as books 'Printed-on-Demand'), is the truly astonishing fact that the Rubáiyát was a self-published book, and not only self-published, but anonymously so by its translator, Edward FitzGerald!It was also a financial flop, with the unsold copies remaindered to the penny box in one small bookstore. Were it not for Dante Gabriel Rossetti and Algernon Charles Swinburne, two famous Victorian authors, happening quite by chance to see a pamphlet advertising second-hand books, and being curious about one titled Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám the Astronomer-Poet of Persia, Translated into English Verse (no translator named), the entire batch was destined to be reborn as waste paper.This CreateSpace/Kindle edition of the Rubáiyát, edited and with a Preface by H.D. Greaves, is unique in that it contains all the FitzGerald editions: the First, the Second, and the Fifth, as well as FitzGerald's extensive variations in his Third and Fourth Editions. You will also find here FitzGerald's Notes to the Second Edition, his Introduction to the Third Edition, his essay on Omar Khayyám, and a complete Glossary. Although FitzGerald's translation is not literal (he called it a "transmogrification" from the Persian), it is by far the greatest English language version of these extraordinary quatrains.This inexpensive CreateSpace paperback and its Kindle ebook companion contain no illustrations. As lovely-and as beloved-as many of those are, it may be wise to consider that Omar Khayyám's immortal words ultimately need no artist's palette. Our imagination and discernment are more than enough to give them life.
Author : David Ramsey
Publisher : Borgo Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 29,85 MB
Release : 2013-04
Category :
ISBN : 9781479400812
David Ramsey's reinterpretation of the Edward FitzGerald English-language version of the classic Omar Khayyam poem, The Rubaiyat, began with his displeasure of the oft-quoted verse: "Here with a loaf of Bread Beneath..." The author says: "I thought this sounded more Victorian than Persian. I think Omar meant something more like this: 'With a book of verse beneath the bough...' For my own amusement I then proceeded to deflower other of Fitzgerald's translations of Khayyam's poetry. The challenge was to make suitable alternatives to those famous verses that have made The Rubaiyat one of the best-known works of poetry in the English language. One might say that I plagiarized the author, or his principal translator, or both--but I consider this more as an unholy collaboration between the three of us over the centuries. I hope my two unwitting collaborators would not be displeased with my reinterpretation of their efforts." Ramsey's irreverent verses are amusing, full of philosophical wit, and very relevant indeed to today's free-swinging culture. Great reading! Great fun!
Author : Omar Khayyam
Publisher :
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 24,74 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Poetry in Persian
ISBN :
Author : William Henry Martin
Publisher : Anthem Press
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 46,41 MB
Release : 2011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0857287702
The book presents the text of Edward FitzGerald's three main versions of the Rub iy t of Omar Khayy m, together with non-technical commentary on the origins, role and influence of the poem, including the story of its publication. The commentary also addresses the many spin-offs the poem has generated in the fields of art and music, as well as its message and its worldwide influence during the 150 years since its first appearance.
Author : Omar Khayyam
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 177 pages
File Size : 14,80 MB
Release : 2020-04-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0755600541
A repository of subversive, melancholic and existentialist themes and ideas, the rubaiyat (quatrains) that make up the collected poems attributed to the 12th century Persian astronomer Omar Khayyam have enchanted readers for centuries. In this modern translation, complete with critical introduction and epilogue, Juan Cole elegantly renders the verse for contemporary readers. Exploring such universal questions as the meaning of life, fate and how to live a good life in the face of human mortality, this translation reveals anew why this singular collection of poems has struck a chord with such a temporally and culturally diverse audience, from the wine houses of medieval Iran to the poets of Western twentieth century modernism.
Author : Omar Khayyam
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 37,39 MB
Release : 1981-12-17
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780140443844
Philosopher, astronomer and mathematician, Khayyam as a poet possesses a singular originality. His poetry is richly charged with evocative power and offers a view of life characteristic of his stormy times, with striking relevance to the present day. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Author : Omar Omar Khayyam
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 49,51 MB
Release : 2018-07-26
Category :
ISBN : 9781724386540
Omar Khayyam was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, and poet, who is widely considered to be one of the most influential scientists of the Middle Ages. He is mainly known to English-speaking readers through the translation of a collection of his Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (1859), by the English writer Edward FitzGerald. All Rubaiyat are provided in this bilingual book in Persian and English languages.This book can be useful for Persian language learners and speakers and enjoyable for poetry lovers of any age. Not only will poems improve your understanding of Persian language and history, but they'll help improve your understanding of Persian culture. Since all Rubaiyat are written according to the transliterated English spelling, reading the poems is easy. Persian language students will have ample opportunities to enrich their Persian learning experience and extend a range of language abilities through exploring these poems.
Author : Omar Khayyam
Publisher :
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 48,15 MB
Release : 1899
Category : English poetry
ISBN :
Author : Omar Khayyam
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 146 pages
File Size : 17,24 MB
Release : 2016-06-14
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 1620406578
A work of staggering poetic beauty that has inspired the likes of John Ruskin, T. S. Eliot, and Robert Bly, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam was written in eleventh-century Persia and was largely unknown in the West until it was translated into English by Edward FitzGerald in 1859. In FitzGerald's hands, the individual Persian quatrains of the original coalesced into one of the most moving and often-cited modern poetic statements about loss, longing, and nostalgia. As Robert D. Richardson notes, The Rubaiyat is startlingly modern in its outlook and composition, and through it, one civilization speaks to another as equals and across a gap of almost a thousand years. Annotated by Richardson and illustrated beautifully with the elegant watercolors of Lincoln Perry, this edition of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam will bring this affirmed classic to a new generation of readers. It is the perfect complement to Richardson's “biography” of The Rubaiyat, Nearer to the Heart's Desire.
