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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: Classic Literature
by Khayyam, Omar
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Omar Khayyám (1048-1122) was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, and a philosopher who was not known as a poet in his lifetime. Later, a body of quatrains became attached to his name, although not all were his works. These verses lay in obscurity until 1859, when Edward FitzGerald (1809-1883), an English country gentleman, published a free adaptation of this Persian poetry. After its discovery by D. G. Rossetti and others, the verse became extremely popular. Essentially a hedonist and a skeptic, Omar Khayyám, through FitzGerald, spoke with both an earthy and spiritual freedom that stirred a universal response. As a result, the Rubáiyát became one of the best-known and most often quoted English classics.
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- CreateSpace Independent P Brand
- May 18, 1889 Pub Date:
- 1546794557 ISBN-10:
- 9781546794554 ISBN-13:
- English Language
- 9 in * 0.13 in * 6 in Dimensions:
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