The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam:
1932 Walter J. Black Companion Classics Edition

This 1932 Walter J. Black edition contains not only the FitzGerald translation, but a translation by E.H. Whinfield and a prose version by Justin Huntly McCarthy. Beyond that, it has a poem by Mathilde Blind, a bibliography of other translations, other padding/intro content, and comparisons between the versions.

The prose version is actually quite shocking and fascinating to me (in that it exists period). The Whinfield translation is also interesting. Neither of the alternative versions hold a candle to me to the FitzGerald version, but they have academic value.

This edition seems to be part of the publisher’s Companion Classics series. All have an introduction by Ben Ray Redman.

I noticed an error in the printing/interior: in the “To Omar Khayyam by Andrew Lang” poem, the right side page header is titled ‘Translators’ rather than … of the title of the poem. Speaking of that, I am very appreciative that each section has a unique header title. Easy to know what I am looking at at a glance!

1932 Walter J. Black Companion Classics Edition

Publisher: Walter J. Black (New York)

Year: 1932

Introduction(s) by: Ben Ray Redman

The Book Itself

The cover is kind of disintegrating.

Cover
Cover
Initial title page
Initial title page
The Companion Classics
The Companion Classics
Title page
Title page
Copyright
Copyright
Table of contents
Table of contents
Translators by Jessie B. Rittenhouse, first page
Translators by Jessie B. Rittenhouse, first page
Translators by Jessie B. Rittenhouse, last page
Translators by Jessie B. Rittenhouse, last page
Introduction by Ben Ray Redman, first page
Introduction by Ben Ray Redman, first page
Introduction by Ben Ray Redman, last page
Introduction by Ben Ray Redman, last page
FitzGerald Rubaiyat title page
FitzGerald Rubaiyat title page
To Omar Khayyam by Andrew Lang
To Omar Khayyam by Andrew Lang
To Omar Khayyam by Andrew Lang, last page with incorrect heading
To Omar Khayyam by Andrew Lang, last page with incorrect heading
Omar Khayyam
Omar Khayyam
Notes by Edward FitzGerald
Notes by Edward FitzGerald
Variations
Variations
Quatrains in the second edition only
Quatrains in the second edition only
Justin Huntly McCarthy Prose Title Page
Justin Huntly McCarthy Prose Title Page
Omar Khayyam by Justin Huntly McCarthy
Omar Khayyam by Justin Huntly McCarthy
E.H. Whinfield Title page
E.H. Whinfield Title page
On Reading The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam in a Kentish Rose Garden - by Mathilde Blind.
On Reading The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam in a Kentish Rose Garden - by Mathilde Blind.
Appendix title page
Appendix title page
Comparative stanzas of the three versions
Comparative stanzas of the three versions
Bibliography (first page) of foreign translations
Bibliography (first page) of foreign translations
Spine
Spine

The Poetry

Quatrain I-IV
Quatrain I-IV
Quatrain XXX-XXIV
Quatrain XXX-XXIV
Quatrain LXXX-LXXXIV
Quatrain LXXX-LXXXIV
Quatrain C-CI
Quatrain C-CI
McCarthy Prose Version Quatrains I-IV
McCarthy Prose Version Quatrains I-IV
McCarthy Prose Version Quatrains IX-XII
McCarthy Prose Version Quatrains IX-XII
E.H. Whinfield Version Quatrains I-IV
E.H. Whinfield Version Quatrains I-IV
E.H. Whinfield Version Quatrains X-XIII
E.H. Whinfield Version Quatrains X-XIII

Curated by Sarah Sunday and others as noted

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