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The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: Illustrated Collector's Edition
E (Tran) Fitzgerald
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Description for The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám: Illustrated Collector's Edition
Hardcover. Fitzgerald's translation of Khayyam's quatrains celebrates the sensuous pleasures of life - wine, food, love - while also mourning the painful truth of its brevity. This beautiful collector's edition features gorgeous colour illustrations by Rene Bull, which provide a perfect counterpoint to the lines of this extraordinarily influential poem. Illustrator(s): Bull, Rene. Translator(s): Fitzgerald, Edward. Num Pages: 112 pages, 64 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 199 x 18. Weight in Grams: 624.
'A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread – and Thou …' When Edward Fitzgerald first published his translation of the poetry of Omar Khayyám in 1859 it had little impact on the literary world. But a chance find in a bookshop by a friend of the Pre-Raphaelites led to it being taken up by William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones, and from then on its popularity grew. Since then, it has become one of the most popular poems. In turn, it has influenced writers such as Matthew Arnold and Thomas Hardy, not ... Read more
'A Book of Verses underneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread – and Thou …' When Edward Fitzgerald first published his translation of the poetry of Omar Khayyám in 1859 it had little impact on the literary world. But a chance find in a bookshop by a friend of the Pre-Raphaelites led to it being taken up by William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones, and from then on its popularity grew. Since then, it has become one of the most popular poems. In turn, it has influenced writers such as Matthew Arnold and Thomas Hardy, not ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
112
Place of Publication
, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781851244171
SKU
V9781851244171
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Ref
99-50
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