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Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

Originally written in the Persian language, this is a translation of a collection of poems attributed to the Persian mathematician and astronomer Omar Khayy�m (1048 - 1123). An accurate line-by-line translation of quatrains, this work is noted more for fr... More >Originally written in the Persian language, this is a translation of a collection of poems attributed to the Persian mathematician and astronomer Omar Khayy�m (1048 - 1123). An accurate line-by-line translation of quatrains, this work is noted more for freedom than for fidelity. Fitzgerald paraphrased many of the verses and gave the Rubaiyat a fatalistic spin. It has also been claimed that the impact of Khayyam's nihilism was softened.
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PublisherCONNECT eBooks Classics
Sony CONNECT Inc.
eBook ISBN9781434008640
eBook List Price$ 1.99
Author Description:
Edward Fitzgerald
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