The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

by Edward Fitzgerald (Translator), Omar Khayyam

Overview

One of the best-known, most often quoted English classics. Edward FitzGerald's free translation of skeptical, hedonistic verse attributed to Omar Khayyam (1048—1122), Persian mathematician, astronomer and philosopher. Fifth edition incorporates FitzGerald's handwritten changes in the fourth edition, and is traditionally printed with the first edition. Notes explaining Persian names and unfamiliar terms.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781719583664
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	05/24/2018
Pages:	50
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.10(d)

About the Author

Omar Khayyam (1048-1131) was a Persian astronomer, mathematician and poet who helped to develop modern theories of algebra and is best known in the Western world for the work known as the Rubaiyat. Edward FitzGerald (1809-1883) was an English poet fascinated by Eastern cultures and later achieved his reputation in his translation of Omar Khayyam's work.