Cantitate/Preț
Produs

Nearer the Heart's Desire: Poets of the Rubaiyat: A Dual Biography of Omar Khayyam and Edward FitzGerald

Autor Robert D. Richardson
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 10 aug 2016
Written in Persian in the eleventh century, Omar Khayyam's quatrains, known asrubai, were written individually for an audience at court, and explored the meanings of life, love, and friendship. They were almost completely unknown in the West until Edward FitzGerald--himself a relatively obscure critic--translated and organized some one hundred of them into a unified whole that he calledThe Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, which he published anonymously in 1859. Ignored initially, it soon became a sensation--and FitzGerald with it, his work now translated into seventy languages--and one of the most-read works of literature of all time.Deftly and eloquently recounting in turn the life stories of Khayyam and FitzGerald, linking them over the span of eight centuries, acclaimed biographer Robert Richardson has crafted the story of the legendaryRubaiyatitself, illuminating a literary classic and reinforcing its place in the canon of great world literature.
Citește tot Restrânge

Preț: 8194 lei

Preț vechi: 10787 lei
-24% Nou

Puncte Express: 123

Preț estimativ în valută:
1568 1630$ 1299£

Carte disponibilă

Livrare economică 14-28 ianuarie 25

Preluare comenzi: 021 569.72.76

Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781620406533
ISBN-10: 1620406535
Pagini: 208
Ilustrații: b&w images throughout
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 23 mm
Greutate: 0.36 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States

Caracteristici

Richardson is the first to explore the entire history of the Rubaiyat through the lives of its author and, several hundred years later, its translator.

Notă biografică

Robert D. Richardsonis the acclaimed author of several biographies, includingWilliam James: In the Maelstrom of American Modernism,Emerson: The Mind on Fire, andHenry Thoreau: A Life of the Mind. He has edited anthologies such asThree Centuries of American PoetryandRalph Waldo Emerson: Selected Essays, Lectures, and Poems, and has taught at Harvard, Yale, the University of Denver, and UNC-Chapel Hill, among many others. He and his wife, Annie Dillard, live in Key West; Cripple Creek, Virginia; and South Wellfleet, Massachusetts.

Recenzii

An artful analysis of the lives of two poets separated by centuries, geography, and culture, united by hope.
This concise, stimulating, and fluent book is highly recommended.
[A] graceful, sympathetic account.
In Richardson, the philosopher has found a tireless champion and a perceptive editor. Richardson is that increasingly rare phenomenon among academics, an enthusiast, even a lover, of his subjects.
A splendidly written book . . . Richardson's critical discussions of the journals, 'Walden,' 'Cape Cod,' and the other works are invariably illuminating and cast a new light on Thoreau's sometimes cross-grained but fascinating personality.
To read this book is to be touched on the shoulder by a thousand years of poetry and thought . . . For those who understand Emerson, this book is unforgettable; it is essential.
A landmark study, certain to endure.
Richardson does a fine job of bringing the two poets to life for a modern audience for whom they are probably unfamiliar.Nearer the Heart's Desireis ultimately a biography not of the poets but of their shared poetry.
[An]elegant dual biography of Khayyam and his translator.