Nearer the heart's desire : poets of the Rubaiyat : a dual biography of Omar Khayyam and Edward FitzGerald
Richardson, Robert D., 1934-2016
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Written in Persian in the 11th century, Omar Khayyam's quatrains, known as rubai, were written individually for an audience at court, and explored the meanings of life, love, and friendship. They were almost completely unknown in the West until Edward FitzGerald - himself a relatively obscure critic - translated and organised some 100 of them into a unified whole that he called 'The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam', which he published anonymously in 1859. Ignored initially, it soon became a sensation - and FitzGerald with it, his work now translated into 70 languages - and one of the most-read works of literature of all time. Recounting in turn the life stories of Khayyam and FitzGerald, linking them over the span of eight centuries, Robert Richardson has crafted the story of the legendary Rubaiyat itself, illuminating a literary classic and reinforcing its place in the canon of great world literature.
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Author:
Richardson, Robert D., 1934-, author
Imprint:
New York : Bloomsbury, 2016.New York : Bloomsbury, 2016.
Collation:
x, 195 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 22 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781620406533 (hbk)
Dewey class:
891.5511891.5511 OMA891.551
Language:
English
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BRN:
2359790