Nearer the heart's desire
Subtitle: poets of the Rubaiyat : a dual biography of Omar Khayyam and Edward FitzGerald
By: Robert D. Richardson
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 195
ISBN-13: 9781620406533; 9781620406557
Subjects: Rubāʻīyāt (Omar Khayyam); Criticism and interpretation; Persian Poets; Translators; English Poets; Biography
Other titles: Dual biography of Omar Khayyam and Edward FitzGerald; Biography of Omar Khayyam and Edward FitzGerald
Description: "Weaving together the biographies of two poets separated by some eight-hundred years, Robert Richardson brings to life one of the most famous-- and ancient works of poetry in all existence"--Front jacket flap.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.