The man behind the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám : the life and letters of Edward FitzGerald / William H. Martin and Sandra Mason.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 250-262) and index.

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Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; List of illustrations; List of figures; Acknowledgements; Note on the quotations from the letters; A chronology of the life of Edward FitzGerald; Introduction: the man behind the Rubáiyát; Part I FitzGerald from his own words: the relationships and events that shaped his life; 1 Edward FitzGerald: a man of letters; 2 FitzGerald's early years: 1809-29; 3 A young man on the move: 1830-40; 4 Finding his feet as a writer: 1841-55; 5 Creating the Rubáiyát amidst personal crises: 1856-9; 6 New interests in East Anglian life: 1860-71

7 Renewal of literary pursuits and contacts: 1872-838 A new appreciation of Edward FitzGerald; Part II Insights into Victorian life and opinions from FitzGerald's letters; 9 A window on the world of the nineteenth century; 10 Writing and reading; 11 The arts; 12 Family and friends; 13 Other interests and views; Part III Background information and additional analyses; Appendix 1: the people whom FitzGerald knew; Appendix 2: the places where FitzGerald lived and stayed; Appendix 3: FitzGerald's library and literary remains; Appendix 4: a statistical analysis of FitzGerald's letters; Notes

"Its lines and verses have become part of the western literary canon and his translation of this most famous of poems has been continuously in print in for almost a century and a half. But just who was Edward FitzGerald? Was he the eccentric recluse that most scholars would have us believe? Is there more to the man than just his famous translation? In The Man Behind the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam William Martin and Sandra Martin go beyond the standard view. Drawing on their unique analysis of the more than 2,000 surviving letters of FitzGerald, together with evidence from his scrapbooks, commonplace books and materials from his personal library, they reveal a more convivial yet complex personality than we have been led to suppose."--Bloomsbury Publishing

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