Table of Contents

Introduction Note on the Text Note on the Pronunciation and Transcription of Persian Words Select Bibliography A Chronology of Edward FitzGerald RUBAIYAT OF OMAR KHAYYAM Table of Corresponding Stanzas Appendix 1: Contemporary Responses Appendix 2: Tennyson, 'To E. FitzGerald' Variants Explanatory Notes

About the Author

Daniel Karlin is Professor of English at the University of Sheffield. His books include Proust's English and Browning's Hatreds.

Reviews

`Review from previous edition 'handsome, richly illuminating'' Boyd Tonkin, Independent