1st Edition

'Omar Khayyám The Persian Text with Paraphrase, and the First and Fourth Editions of Fitzgerald's Translation

By E.H. Rodwell Copyright 1931
    110 Pages
    by Routledge

    110 Pages
    by Routledge

    This book, first published in 1931, shows in a simple, sound and lucid manner how the genius of two poets (Omar Khayyam and FitzGerald) brought together by the genius of an Orientalist (Professor Cowell) culminated in a very strange, very beautiful and profound English poem. This book is concerned with the genuineness of the verses ascribed to Omar Khayyam, and consists of a comparison of the original Arabic, a paraphrase, and FitzGerald’s first and fourth editions.

    Preface.  Introduction.  The Texts.

    Biography

    E.H. Rodwell