Edward Fitzgerald's Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám Revisited

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By Russell Brickey

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This book examines the poetry and poetic influence, before and after, of Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, including 17th century poetry, the sonnet sequence, and 19th century poetry, along with the books, movies, and poems inspired by the Rubáiyát.

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Preface: A Strange Farrago of Grave and Gay

Chapter 1: Omar's Introduction: Backgrounds & Forms

Chapter 2: Defining the Rubáiyát

Chapter 3: Omar & Co.

Chapter 4: Omar's Persia

Chapter 5: A New Structural Prospectus

Chapter 6: The Suites of The Rubáiyát

Chapter 7: Case Studies: The Gardener's Daughter, Gray's Elegy, and The Song of Solomon

Chapter 8: Global Structures and The Sonnet Sequence

Chapter 9: Herrick's Rose in Omar's Garden

Chapter 10: What difference an Edition Makes: Following the Editions of the Rubáiyát.

Chapter 11: Scions of The Rubáiyát

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