Fitzgerald's Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám : popularity and neglect / / edited by Adrian Poole, Christine van Ruymbeke, William H. Martin, Sandra Mason [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910461648003321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London : , : Anthem Press, , 2011
• ISBN: 1-78308-101-5; 1-283-37700-4; 9786613377005; 0-85728-424-X
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxvi, 269 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Collana: Anthem Nineteenth-Century Series
• Disciplina: 891/.5511
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 02 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Front Matter; Half Title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; PREFACE; NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; Introduction: FITZGERALD'S RUBÁIYÁT: POPULARITY AND NEGLECT; Notes; Main Matter; Chapter 1 EDWARD FITZGERALD, OMAR KHAYYÁM AND THE TRADITION OF VERSE TRANSLATION INTO ENGLISH; Notes; Chapter 2 MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING IN THE RUBÁIYÁT; Notes; Chapter 3 COMMON AND QUEER: SYNTAX AND SEXUALITY IN THE RUBÁIYÁT; Notes; Chapter 4 A VICTORIAN POEM: EDWARD FITZGERALD'S RUBÁIYÁT OF OMAR KHAYYÁM; Notes; Chapter 5 FITZGERALD'S RUBÁIYÁT AND AGNOSTICISM; Notes; Chapter 6 THE SIMILAR LIVES AND DIFFERENT DESTINIES OF THOMAS GRAY, EDWARD FITZGERALD AND A. E. HOUSMAN Anniversary Year; Three Scholar-Poets in One; Men of One Book; Pessimism in the Lambent Light of Humour; Afterlife; Notes; Chapter 7 THE SECOND (1862 PIRATE) EDITION OF THE RUBÁIYÁT OF OMAR KHAYYÁM; 1861; 1862; 1864; 1872; 1885; 1909; Back to 1885; Postscript; Notes; Chapter 8 EDWARD HERON-ALLEN: A POLYMATH'S APPROACH TO FITZGERALD'S RUBÁIYÁT OF OMAR KHAYYÁM; Acknowledgements; Notes; Chapter 9 'UNDER OMAR'S SUBTLE SPELL': AMERICAN REPRINT PUBLISHERS AND THE OMAR CRAZE; Notes; Chapter 10 THE IMAGINED ELITES OF THE OMAR KHAYYÁM CLUB Claiming the Rubáiyát; FitzGerald's Rubáiyát and The Pilgrimage of the Rose; Ordering Omar's World; Containing the Rubáiyát; Notes; Chapter 11 LE GALLIENNE'S PARAPHRASE AND THE LIMITS OF TRANSLATION; Strategies; Le Gallienne's Paraphrase; Liberating Masquerade; Acknowledgements; Notes; Chapter 12 'SOME FOR THE GLORIES OF THE SOLE': THE RUBÁIYÁT AND FITZGERALD'S SCEPTICAL AMERICAN PARODISTS; Notes; Chapter 13 THE VOGUE OF THE ENGLISH RUBÁIYÁT AND DEDICATORY POEMS IN HONOUR OF KHAYYÁM AND FITZGERALD; Parodies; Imitations; Dedicatory Poems; Notes Chapter 14 THE ILLUSTRATION OF FITZGERALD'S RUBÁIYÁT AND ITS CONTRIBUTION TO ENDURING POPULARITY; Changing Markets and Taste - What Did the Book Buying Public Want?; The Role of the Publishing Business - Why Publish Illustrated Editions?; Creating Illustrated Editions - How Publishers and Illustrators Got Together; Illustrations Beyond the 'Golden Age'; Illustration was Key in Spreading and Maintaining Interest; Notes; End Matter; BIBLIOGRAPHY; Editions of FitzGerald's Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám; General Bibliography; INDEX
• Sommario/riassunto: For all its fame in the wider world, Edward FitzGerald’s ‘Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám’ (1859) has been largely ignored by the academic establishment. This volume explores the reasons for both its popularity and neglect.