Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (Dodo Press)
Omar Khayyam (1048-1122) was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who was not known as a poet in his lifetime. These verses lay in obscurity until 1859, when FitzGerald published a free adapation of this Persian poetry. As a result, The Rubaiyat became one of the best-known and...
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Omar Khayyam (1048-1122) was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher who was not known as a poet in his lifetime. These verses lay in obscurity until 1859, when FitzGerald published a free adapation of this Persian poetry. As a result, The Rubaiyat became one of the best-known and most often quoted English classics.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781905432455 (1905432453)
Publish date: June 1st 2005
Publisher: Dodo Press
Pages no: 52
Edition language: English
Category:
Classics,
Literature,
Cultural,
Historical Fiction,
Medieval,
Art,
Religion,
Philosophy,
Poetry,
Spirituality,
Islam,
Iran
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