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Edward FitzGerald

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Encyclopedia Articles (1)

Omar Khayyam

487 words, approx. 2 pages

Omar Khayyam 1048-1131 Persian Mathematician, Astronomer, and Poet Omar Khayyam occupies an unusual place among mathematicians, in that he is widely known—but for his poetry rather than for his... Read more

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Omar Khayyam

620 words, approx. 3 pages

The Persian astronomer, mathematician, and poet Omar Khayyam (1048-ca. 1132) made important contributions to mathematics, but his chief claim to fame, at least in the last 100 years, has been as the a... Read more

Omar Khayyam

1,413 words, approx. 5 pages

Known in the West as Omar Khayyam, Ghiyath al-Din Abu' l-Fath 'Umar ibn Ibrahim al-Nisaburi al-Khayyami was born and died in Nishapur, Khorasan, Persia (now Iran). Khayyam's given name was 'Umar, whil... Read more

Essays & Analysis (9)

Critical Review by Charles Eliot Norton

6,754 words, approx. 23 pages

In the following review, Norton compares the second edition of FitzGerald's Rubáiyát with J. B. Nicolas's version, finding that though the two versions agree in their liter... Read more

Critical Essay by Hugh Walker

3,518 words, approx. 12 pages

In the following excerpt, Walker praises FitzGerald's Rubáiyát for capturing the essence of the original better than any other (more faithful) translation of it. There is no man i... Read more

Critical Essay by John W. Draper

12,032 words, approx. 41 pages

In the following essay, Draper suggests that FitzGerald added numerous details of local color to the Rubáiyát because he was restyling the poem into an eclogue. Draper analyzes these add... Read more

Critical Essay by John D. Yohannan

5,805 words, approx. 20 pages

In the following essay, Yohannan suggests that the immense fin de siècle popularity of the Rubáiyát was due to its existential angst, which corresponded with the diminishment of r... Read more

Critical Essay by Iran B. Hassani Jewett

4,717 words, approx. 16 pages

In the following excerpt, Jewett compares FitzGerald's Rubáiyát to its source, maintaining that the original contains greater variance in theme and mood, and more humor, while Fit... Read more

Critical Essay by Daniel Schenker

7,246 words, approx. 25 pages

In the following essay, Schenker discusses the Rubáiyát's metaphorical devices and its garden setting, suggesting that its readers found it an appealing escape into an exotic and ... Read more

Critical Essay by Vinnie-Marie D'Ambrosio

6,413 words, approx. 22 pages

In the following excerpts from two chapters in Eliot Possessed, D'Ambrosio maintains that FitzGerald's Rubáiyát profoundly influenced T. S. Eliot's works, particular... Read more

Critical Essay by Tracia Leacock-Seghatolislami

5,058 words, approx. 17 pages

In the following essay, originally published in 2000, Leacock-Seghatolislami outlines the positive and negative effects of FitzGerald's liberal translation of Khayyám's Rubá... Read more

Critical Essay by Erik Gray

7,500 words, approx. 26 pages

In the following essay, Gray studies the ephemeral qualities of the Rubáiyát, suggesting that in both its structure and content, it is an exhortation to forgetting, and is well remembere... Read more

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