Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents iii
3. Series Editor’s Preface iv
4. Acknowledgements vi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Persia in the West 13
7. 2. Persia and Nineteenth-Century English Poetry 75
8. 3. ‘Sohrab and Rustum’ 114
9. 4. Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 146
10. 5. Ferishtah’s Fancies 174
11. Epilogue: The Persian Presence in Victorian Poetry 204
12. Bibliography 207
13. Index 221