Into an Old Room - a memoir of Edward Fitzgerald - by Peter de Polnay

Into an Old Room: a memoir of Edward Fitzgerald
by Peter de Polnay

hardcover in good used condition

"Into an Old Room is a poetic and intimate biography that unfolds within the very walls of the Suffolk manor once inhabited by the 19th-century poet-translator Edward FitzGerald. Writing not just about FitzGerald’s life but also inhabiting his living space, de Polnay creates a layered portrait of the man behind The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, blending reflections on FitzGerald’s scholarly solitude, spiritual musings, linguistic gifts, and deep friendships with his own vivid impressions of the house and garden he restored . The memoir captures FitzGerald’s quiet outward existence—marked by introspection, religious struggle, and close relationships with literary companions—while illuminating the creative impulse that drove him to translate Persian poetry into lasting English verse."