The Ruba’iyat of Omar Khayyam

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Revered in eleventh-century Persia as an astronomer, mathematician and philosopher, Omar Khayyam is now known first and foremost for his Ruba’iyat. The short epigrammatic stanza form allowed poets of his day to express personal feelings, beliefs and doubts with wit and clarity, and Khayyam became one of its most accomplished masters with his touching meditations on the transience of human life and of the natural world. One of the supreme achievements of medieval literature, the reckless romanticism and the pragmatic fatalism in the face of death means these verses continue to hold the imagination of modern readers.

Additional information

Weight 0.102 kg
Dimensions 0.7 × 12.9 × 19.7 cm
PubliCanadation City/Country

USA

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Format

Paperback

Language

Pages

128

Publisher

Year Published

1981-9-17

Imprint

Publication City/Country

London, United Kingdom

ISBN 10

0140443843

About The Author

Omar Khayyam is famous as a poet, astronomer and mathematician – he was one of the greatest mathematicians of the Middle Ages. He was born near Nishapur in north-east Persia and is thought to have died in approximately 1122.John Heath-Stubbs published several volumes of poetry, including Collected Poems 1988. He also translated poetry, including Leopardi. He edited selections of Swift, Shelley, TEnnyson and Pope, as well as various anthologies. He received the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 1973 and the OBE in 1989 for services to literature.

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