The Rubáyát of Omar Khayyám : First and Fifth Editions (Dover Thrift Editions) - Softcover

Edward FitzGerald

Softcover

ISBN 10: 048626467X ISBN 13: 9780486264677

Publisher: Dover Publications, 2011

Synopsis

Omar Khayyám (1048–1122) was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, and a philosopher who was not known as a poet in his lifetime. Later, a body of quatrains became attached to his name, although not all were his works. These verses lay in obscurity until 1859, when Edward FitzGerald (1809–1883), an English country gentleman, published a free adaptation of this Persian poetry. After its discovery by D. G. Rossetti and others, the verse became extremely popular. Essentially a hedonist and a skeptic, Omar Khayyám, through FitzGerald, spoke with both an earthy and spiritual freedom that stirred a universal response. As a result, the Rubáiyát became one of the best-known and most often quoted English classics. The fifth edition, published posthumously in 1889, was based on FitzGerald's handwritten changes in a copy of the fourth edition, and is traditionally printed with the first edition.

About this title

From the Publisher:

An illustrated gift edition of the quatrains of Omar the tentmaker, which have more admirers today than ever before. Edward Fitzgerald's rendition stands as a monument to the translator's art.

Full-color photographs throughout.

About the Author:

Edward Fitzgerald (1809 83) was an English poet and philosopher. His is the first and most famous translation of Omar Khayyam s "The Rubaiyat."

About this edition

• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 048626467X
• ISBN 13: 9780486264677
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64