The Ruba'iyat of Omar Khayyam

by Omar Khayyam, Peter Avery (Translator), John Heath-Stubbs (Translator)

Overview

As Byatt observes in her new intro. to this volume, FitzGeralds 19th-century lyrical translation of Omar Khayyams Rubaiyat forever changed the landscape of English poetry. FitzGeralds own verse — delicate & piercing, with a mixture of hedonism & melancholy — adapted itself well to what he perceived to be Khayyams original intent: to revel in the pleasures of the moment, forsake the folly of attempting to control ones life, & disavow religious succor outright. In FitzGeralds hands the Persian poets brief, evocative verses — some 800 years old at the time — became a cohesive whole. Illustrated by Edmund Dulac.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780140059540
Publisher:	Penguin Publishing Group
Publication date:	03/06/1984
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	128
Product dimensions:	6.11(w) x 9.19(h) x 0.47(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

Omar Khayyam is famous as a poet and astronomer and 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.