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Preparing for the Centenary of Fitzgerald’s Rubaiyat

Preparing for the Centenary of Fitzgerald’s Rubaiyat. Carl J. Weber.
Colby Library Quarterly, 5 (1959) 1, p. 5-14.

When The Variorum and Definitive Edition of the Poetical and Prose Writings of Edward FitzGerald was published with an Introduction by Edmund Gosse, there seemed little doubt about the date of publication of the Rubaiyat. With an assurance that seemed based on certitude, Gosse referred to “the now so-precious pamphlet which Quaritch issued stillborn on the 15th of February, 1859.”

One hundred years of FitzGerald’s Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

One hundred years of FitzGerald’s Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. John D. Yohannan.
Epiterea (1959) p. 259-274.

Brief account of the FitzGerald translation, later translations, the public attitude towards Omar Khayyam, interspersed with some interesting observations and facts.

The Romance of the Rubáiyát: Edward FitzGerald’s First Edition

The Romance of the Rubáiyát: Edward FitzGerald’s First Edition. A.J. Arberry. London, Allen & Unwin, 1959. 244 p. Reissued in 2016.

Summary:
In this scholarly centennial edition, Arberry makes use of FitzGerald’s own notes, letters, and Latin version of the quatrains to show how the English poem emerged out of the Persian sources.

Contents

Preliminary Essay
Introduction
Appendix
The First Edition of the Rubáiyat
Table and Notes
Bibliography
Index

Omar Khayyam and Fitzgerald

Omar Khayyam and Fitzgerald. A.J. Arberry. London: Iran Society, 1959. 19 p. (Iran Society occasional papers, no. 1)

Summary:
A paper read before the Iran Society on 17th February, 1959.