The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: First, Second and Fifth

from Michael.Rimmer

This edition (ISBN13: 9780004105512) contains the full texts of FitzGerald's first, second and fifth editions, together with details of the textual variations of the third and fourth editions. Additionally, there are brief biographies of FitzGerald and Khayyám, a Comparative Table of Quatrains (w...

from Michael.Rimmer

This Folio Society edition is, as ever, beautifully crafted. A slim volume, containing only FitzGerald's first edition, but some stylish, full-page pen drawings by Virgil Burnett make it a worthwhile addition to my bookshelf. Pointless reviewing the poem: it's all been said before.

from Michael.Rimmer

Having read several other editions of the Rubáiyát, this is the first time I've read one with FitzGerald's foreword and his notes, which added much to the experience this time around.I was not previously aware of the debate regarding the possibility of reading Khayyám's frequent references to win...

from Salmondaze

A deserved classic, Fitzgerald's translation of the poetry of Omar Kayyam, here presented in his first two editions, is simply transcendent. In fact I compared the two editions and even though they communicated the same pearl their "shells" were completely different. Fitzgerald said he took liber...

from Anietzerck

One thing I learned...Omar Khayyam was all about the wine drinking! I've mentioned before, poetry isn't really my cup of tea but drinking as much wine as I do, it was entertaining to read this collection of poetry. Though marked as 14th century literature according to first known edition, Omar Kh...