Edward FitzGerald's version of the Rubáiyát of the medieval Persian poet and philosopher Omar Khayyám contains some of the most frequently quoted - and beautiful - lines in English poetry. Daniel Karlin's richly annotated edition does justice to the scope and complexity of FitzGerald's lyrical meditation on 'human death and fate'.
Edward FitzGerald's version of the Rub of the medieval Persian poet and philosopher Omar Khayy contains some of the most frequently quoted - and beautiful - lines in English poetry. Daniel Karlin's richly annotated edition does justice to the scope and complexity of FitzGerald's lyrical meditation on 'human death and fate'.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
- Introduction
- Note on the Text
- Note on the Pronunciation and Transcription of Persian Words
- Select Bibliography
- A Chronology of Edward FitzGerald
- RUBÁ IYÁ T OF OMAR KHAYYÁ M
- Table of Corresponding Stanzas
- Appendix 1: Contemporary Responses
- Appendix 2: Tennyson, 'To E. FitzGerald'
- Variants
- Explanatory Notes
