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ISBN
9781853261879
Publisert
1996-11-05
Utgiver
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Vekt
77 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
5 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
112
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In the renowned translation by Edward FitzGerald, with an introduction by Professor Cedric Watts.
Here is Edward FitzGerald’s original translation of the Rubáiyát, the collection of poems attributed to the Persian astronomer and mathematician, Omar Khayyám. FitzGerald’s distinctive version (1859), with its oriental imagery and sensual warmth, made an exotic appeal to the Victorian imagination. Its scepticism fitted a time of increasing religious doubt; its romantic melancholy resonated with the writings of Matthew Arnold and Thomas Hardy; and its epicureanism heralded the Aesthetic Movement.
It has inspired composers, rock groups, artists and film-makers. As rendered by FitzGerald, the Rubáiyát remains a seductively subversive poem.
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Presents the free translation of the Persian poem by the 12th century astronomer and poet - Omar Khayyám. Its colourful imagery appealed to the Victorian age's fascination with the Orient, while its sensual warmth acted as a counterpoint to the growth of scientific determinism, industrialization and Darwinian doctrine of the survival of fittest.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9781853261879
Publisert
1996-11-05
Utgiver
Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Vekt
77 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
129 mm
Dybde
5 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
112
Forfatter
Oversetter
Introduksjon ved
Serien redigert av