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Edward Fitzgerald
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Oxford University Press
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June 2010
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Edward Fitzgerald
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Oxford University Press
Published
June 2010
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'The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a line Nor all thy tears wash out a word of it.' In the 'rubaiyat' (short epigrammatic poems) of the medieval Persian poet, mathematician, and philosopher Omar Khayyam, Edward FitzGerald saw an unflinching challenge to the illusions and consolations of mankind in every age. His version of Omar is neither a translation nor an independent poem; sceptical of divine providence and insistent on the pleasure of the passing moment, its 'Orientalism' offers FitzGerald a powerful and distinctive voice, in whose accents a whole Victorian generation comes to life. Although the poem's vision is bleak, it is conveyed in some of the most beautiful and haunting images in English poetry - and some of the sharpest- edged. The poem sold no copies at all on its first appearance in 1859, yet when it was 'discovered' two years later its first admirers included Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Swinburne, and Ruskin. Daniel Karlin's richly annotated edition does justice to the scope and complexity of FitzGerald's lyrical meditation on 'human death and fate'.
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Author
Edward Fitzgerald
Book Format
Paperback
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Published
June 2010
Weight
182g
Page Count
240
Dimensions
129 x 196 x 15 mm
ISBN
9780199580507
ISBN-10
0199580502
Eden Code
4514530
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Author/Creator: Edward Fitzgerald
ISBN: 9780199580507
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date: June 2010
Weight: 182g
Dimensions: 129 x 196 x 15 mm
Eden Code: 4514530