Rubaiyat Of Omar Khayyam Vol 1 Of 2 Classic Reprint

Author : Wallace Irwin
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781331842477
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (424 download)

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Download or read book The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Jr. (Classic Reprint) written by Wallace Irwin and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-19 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam Jr. Since the publication of Edward FitzGerald's classic translation of the Rubaiyat in 1851 - or rather since its general popularity several years later - poets minor and major have been rendering the sincerest form of flattery to the genius of the Irishman who brought Persia into the best regulated families. Unfortunately there was only one Omar, and there were scores of imitators who, in order to make the Astronomer go round, were obliged to draw him out to the thinness of Balzac's Magic Skin. While all this was going on, the present editor was forced to conclude that the burning literary need was not for more translators, but for more Omars to translate; and what was his surprise to note that the work of a later and superior Omar Khayyam was lying undiscovered in the wilds of Borneo! About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."