FitzGerald and Omar Khayyam

FitzGerald and Omar Khayyam. Patrick Pointon.
Contemporary Review 78 (1950), p. 99-102.

General article about FitzGerald, his life, his friends and his letters and the story of the Rubáiyát

The Unknown Omar Khayyam

The Unknown Omar Khayyam. J.A. Chapman.
English: The Journal of the English Association 7 (1948) 39 (Autumn), pp. 132 …

The title comes from a curious ‘pamphlet’ of twelve pages, issued by the Kenion Press, and priced four shillings, or fourpence per page. It contains 79 quatrains translated by Yusuf Khan.

 

A wanderer’s note-book : “Young Parker”

A wanderer’s note-book : “Young Parker”. E.V. Lucas
In: The Sunday Times, January 16, 1938.

E.V. Lucas wonders why none of the employees at Parker’s recognized the qualities of the verses that Fitzgerald sent them to be published in Fraser’s Magazine

A chronological list of the more important issues …

A chronological list of the more important issues of Edward FitzGerald’s version of the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, and of other books, written, translated, edited or owned by him with portraits, autograph letters, etc. ; and with ana, other versions of the Rubaiyat, and certain items identified with his name, or forming part of his Persian studies ; exhibited by the Caxton club, January fourth to January twenty-first, 1899. Chicago, Caxton Club, 1899.

The life of Edward FitzGerald

The life of Edward FitzGerald. With an introduction by Edward Clodd. John Glyde. London, Pearson, 1900. 358 pp.

Contents

Birth, childhood, school, and college days
Fitz-gerald becomes a housekeeper
Personal characteristics
His literary work
His Spanish and Persian translations
His library and his criticisms
Carlyle’s visit to Fitz-gerald at Woodbridge
Marriage of Edward Fitz-gerald and Lucy Barton
Lord houghton and Little Grange
Visits of friends, old and new
Alfred Tennyson at Woodbridge
Fitz-gerald’s last days
Appendix
Official copy of Edward Fitz-gerald’s will
Letter from Mrs. Edward Fitz-gerald
Certificate of marriage
Bibliography
Index