A Book of Verse: The Biography of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Contributor(s): Garrard, Garry (Author) |
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ISBN: 0750946318 ISBN-13: 9780750946315 Publisher: Sutton Publishing
Binding Type: Hardcover Published: October 2007 * Out of Print * Annotation: Omar Khayyam's poetry is among the most familiar in the English language. A Book of Verse tells the engrossing and entertaining story of how the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam has provided delight and fascination for centuries, has inspired artists and musicians, and has transcended cultures. |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Middle Eastern - Literary Criticism | Medieval |
Dewey: 891.551 |
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 6.1" W x 9.3" L (1.30 lbs) 270 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Middle East - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Price on Product, Table of Contents |
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Publisher Description: A Book of Verse beneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread - and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness - Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow The lines quoted above are among the most familiar poetry in the English language. They come from the collection known as the "Rubaiyat" of Omar Khayyam. Khayyam was a brilliant, controversial eleventh century Persian mathematician and astronomer. How has his verse come to be so beloved in the west? "A Book of Verse" tells the engrossing and entertaining story of how a book of poetry has provided delight and fascination for centuries. It brings to life the evocative world of early Islamic Persia and the literary and artistic scene in England in the second half of the nineteenth century. From the sceptical and heretical author and the complex, irritating but endearing translator came a work that still expresses powerfully the urge to seize the day and live in the here and now, rather than some lost past or unattainable future. It has inspired artists such as Burne-Jones, Brangwyn, Dulac and Rickets and musicians such as Granville Bantock and Liza Lehmann and still provides an unmatchable source of access to 'Eastern Promise'. |
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