Ver a tamaño completo.
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
de Omar Khayyam / Edward Fitzgerald (Trans.) / Willy Pogany (Illust.)
- Usado
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Good Plus
- Librería
-
Tarrington, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
Formas de pago aceptadas
Sobre este artículo
New York: William Godwin Inc, 1933. 1st Edition Thus . Good Plus. 6.5 x 9.25 inches (16 x 24 cm). Black cloth binding. Upper and lower board edges worn through. Light browning to pages, clean text throughout. Previous owner's bookplate to front pastedown endpaper. Eight colour plates. Overall condition is Good Plus. Size: 6.5 x 9.25 inches (16 x 24 cm). Hardback. Printed pages: lxxv
Sinopsis
he Moving Finger writes; and, having writ Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a line Nor all thy tears wash out a word of it.' In the 'rubaiyat' (short epigrammatic poems) of the medieval Persian poet, mathematician, and philosopher Omar Khayyam, Edward Fitzgerald saw an unflinching challenge to the illusions and consolations of mankind in every age. His version of Omar is neither a translation nor an independent poem; sceptical of divine providence and insistent on the pleasure of the passing moment, its 'Orientalism' offers FitzGerald a powerful and distinctive voice, in whose accents a whole Victorian generation comes to life. Although the poem's vision is bleak, it is conveyed in some of the most beautiful and haunting images in English poetry - and some of the sharpest- edged. The poem sold no copies at all on its first appearance in 1859, yet when it was 'discovered' two years later its first admirers included Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Swinburne, and Ruskin. Daniel Karlin's richly annotated edition does justice to the scope and complexity of FitzGerald's lyrical meditation on 'human death and fate'.
Reseñas
(¡Iniciar sesión or Crear una cuenta primero!)
Detalles
- Librería
- Tarrington Books
(GB)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 1189O002
- Título
- Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
- Autor
- Omar Khayyam / Edward Fitzgerald (Trans.) / Willy Pogany (Illust.)
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Good Plus
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- 1st Edition Thus
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- William Godwin Inc
- Lugar de publicación
- New York
- Fecha de publicación
- 1933
- Tamaño
- 6.5 x 9.25 inches (16 x 24 cm)
- Palabras clave
- , Poetry
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Poetry; Illustrated;
Términos de venta
Tarrington Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including original shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
Sobre el vendedor
Tarrington Books
Miembro de Biblio desde 2015
Tarrington, Herefordshire
Sobre Tarrington Books
A family run bookshop located in the heart of rural Herefordshire. Large selection of children's literature, crime fiction, military, history, travel, vintage paperbacks, quality antiquarian volumes & fine bindings. We offer free UK postage on all items and pride ourselves on our safe packaging and rapid dispatch of orders. Browsers welcome by appointment.
Glosario
Algunos términos que podrían usarse en esta descripción incluyen:
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
