- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: The History Press Ltd; 07 edition (1 July 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0750946318
- ISBN-13: 978-0750946315
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.5 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 970,901 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A Book of Verse beneath the Bough, A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread - and Thou Beside me singing in the Wilderness - Oh, Wilderness were Paradise enow! The lines quoted above are among the most familiar poetry in the English language. They come from the collection known as the "Rubaiyat" of Omar Khayyam. Khayyam was a brilliant, controversial eleventh century Persian mathematician and astronomer. How has his verse come to be so beloved in the west? "A Book of Verse" tells the engrossing and entertaining story of how a book of poetry has provided delight and fascination for centuries. It brings to life the evocative world of early Islamic Persia and the literary and artistic scene in England in the second half of the nineteenth century. From the sceptical and heretical author and the complex, irritating but endearing translator came a work that still expresses powerfully the urge to seize the day and live in the here and now, rather than some lost past or unattainable future. It has inspired artists such as Burne-Jones, Brangwyn, Dulac and Rickets and musicians such as Granville Bantock and Liza Lehmann and still provides an unmatchable source of access to 'Eastern Promise'.
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Garry Garrard was one of the first people to realise the importance of the mobile telephone and became an international business expert on the subject, working as consultant to governments and businesses. His fascination with Omar Khayyam started as a form of relief from job pressures. He has a collection of over 200 editions of The Rubaiyat and is an expert on this work. He lives in Essex.
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This scholarly yet eminently readable treatise is the result of Garry Garrard's years of extensive research into the background of the world's, arguably, best loved poem, the Rubaiyat. The interweaving of Persian history, culture, language and religions, including the long-standing Sunni versus Shi'ite conflicts, is evaluated clearly. Edward FitzGerald's enchantment with Persian works, especially those of Omar Khyyam, resulted in many brilliant translations. His Rubaiyat, and the often exquisitely illustrated books of later scholars and translators, ensured a worldwide awareness of this beautiful verse.
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