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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: Classic Literature
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9781546794554
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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: Classic Literature
$16.18
Omar Khayy?m (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 Khayy?m, through FitzGerald, spoke with both an earthy and spiritual freedom that stirred a universal response. As a result, the Rub?iy?t became one of the best-known and most often quoted English classics.
| Author: Omar Khayyam |
| Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform |
| Publication Date: May 18, 1889 |
| Number of Pages: 54 pages |
| Binding: Paperback or Softback |
| ISBN-10: 1546794557 |
| ISBN-13: 9781546794554 |
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