Routledge Revivals: The Romance of the Rubaiyat (1959) Synopsis
First published in 1959, this reprint of the first edition of Edward FitzGerald's translation of the Rubaiyat is accompanied by an introduction and notes by A J Arberry, one of Britain's most distinguished Orientalist scholars. The Rubaiyat is a selection of poems written in Persian attributed to Omar Khayyam. The work will be of interest to those studying Middle Eastern Literature.
