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The Rubáiyát by the Persian poet 'Umar Khayyaem (1048-1131) is used in contemporary Iran as a resistance literature, symbolizing the secularist voice in cultural debates. While Islamic fundamentalists criticize Khayyaem as an atheist and materialist philosopher who questions God's creation and the promise of reward or punishment in the hereafter, secularist intellectuals see in him an example of a scientist who scrutinizes the mysteries of the world. Others see a spiritual master, a Sufi, who guides people to the truth. This volume collects eighteen essays on the history of the reception of 'Umar Khayyaem in various literary traditions, exploring how his philosophy of doubt, carpe diem, hedonism, and in vino veritas has inspired generations of poets, novelists, painters, musicians, calligraphers and film-makers.

Ramaz ̄an ̄i, Muhsin. --- Quatrains, Persian --- Languages & Literatures --- Germanic Languages --- Indo-Iranian Languages & Literatures --- Quatrains, Persian. --- Omar Khayyam. --- Persian quatrains --- Omar Khayyam --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Influence. --- Persian poetry

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"Its lines and verses have become part of the western literary canon and his translation of this most famous of poems has been continuously in print in for almost a century and a half. But just who was Edward FitzGerald? Was he the eccentric recluse that most scholars would have us believe? Is there more to the man than just his famous translation? In The Man Behind the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam William Martin and Sandra Martin go beyond the standard view. Drawing on their unique analysis of the more than 2,000 surviving letters of FitzGerald, together with evidence from his scrapbooks, commonplace books and materials from his personal library, they reveal a more convivial yet complex personality than we have been led to suppose."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Authors, English --- FitzGerald, Edward, --- Purcell, Edward, --- פיטצגעראלד, אדווארד, --- פיצג׳ראלד, אדווארד --- فيتزجرالد، ادوارد --- E. F. G., --- G., E. F., --- F. G., E., --- Correspondence. --- Omar Khayyam. --- Bada-e-Khayyam