The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

by Omar Khayyam

Overview

One of the best-known, most often quoted English classics. Edward FitzGerald's free translation of skeptical, hedonistic verse attributed to Omar Khayyam (1048—1122), Persian mathematician, astronomer and philosopher. Fifth edition incorporates FitzGerald's handwritten changes in the fourth edition, and is traditionally printed with the first edition. Notes explaining Persian names and unfamiliar terms.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781478343912
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	08/01/2012
Pages:	70
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 8.80(h) x 0.40(d)
Age Range:	14 Years

About the Author

Anthony Briggs, Emeritus Professor of Russian at Birmingham University, Senior Research Fellow at Bristol University, is a well-known writer and broadcaster on Russian cultural affairs and European poetry. His recent translation of WAR AND PEACE was critically acclaimed. Among his many publications are six editions in the Everyman poetry series.

Editorial Reviews

an attractive new edition with a lengthy essay by Tony Briggs, who characterises the poem, memorably, as "the story of the apocalypse told to us by a kind uncle"—DAILY MAIL

a lovely new edition... Professor Briggs does us all a favour by putting before our red and weary eyes FitzGerald and this legacy from an older Iran.—Libby Purves, TIMES

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