The Rubyt of Omar Khayym : First and Fifth Editions (Dover Thrift Editions)

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UPC:
9780486264677
Maximum Purchase:
3 units
Binding:
Paperback
Publication Date:
2011-11-02
Release Date:
2011-10-05
Author:
Edward FitzGerald
Language:
persian,english
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Omar Khayym (10481122) was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, and a philosopher who was not known as a poet in his lifetime. Later, a body of quatrains became attached to his name, although not all were his works. These verses lay in obscurity until 1859, when Edward FitzGerald (18091883), an English country gentleman, published a free adaptation of this Persian poetry. After its discovery by D. G. Rossetti and others, the verse became extremely popular. Essentially a hedonist and a skeptic, Omar Khayym, through FitzGerald, spoke with both an earthy and spiritual freedom that stirred a universal response. As a result, the Rubiyt became one of the best-known and most often quoted English classics. The fifth edition, published posthumously in 1889, was based on FitzGerald's handwritten changes in a copy of the fourth edition, and is traditionally printed with the first edition.