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Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám (Oxford World's Classics)
Rubiyt of Omar Khayym - Oxford World's Classics
Author: Edward FitzGerald, Daniel Karlin
In 1859, Edward FitzGerald translated into English the short, epigrammatic poems (or "rubáiyát") of medieval Persian poet Omar Khayyám. If not a true translation--his Omar seems to have read Shakespeare and the King James Bible--the poem nevertheless conveyed some of the most beautiful and haunting images in English poetry, and some of the sharp...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780199580507
ISBN-10: 0199580502
Publication Date: 7/1/2010
Pages: 240
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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