The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: Poetry Guide and Free Edition
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: author and translator credits, catalogue synopsis, subjects and links to the Gutenberg reading formats.
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Omar Khayyam (1048–1122). The listed translation credits are FitzGerald, Edward (1809–1883).
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"The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam" by Omar Khayyam is a translation published in 1859 by Edward FitzGerald, rendering Persian quatrains into English. Initially a commercial failure, the work became wildly popular throughout the English-speaking world by the 1880s, inspiring clubs and a "fin de siècle cult." The poems spark enduring debate: Are they expressions of religious skepticism and Epicurean philosophy, or mystical Sufi verses misunderstood by their translator? The authenticity of the quatrains themselves remains deeply uncertain.
Book and edition facts
- Title: The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
- Author credits: Omar Khayyam (1048–1122)
- Catalogue language: English
- Translator credits: FitzGerald, Edward (1809–1883)
Catalogue subjects
- Persian poetry -- Translations into English
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- Category: Classics of Literature
- Category: Philosophy & Ethics
- Category: Poetry
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