Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam - Hardcover

Omar Khayy�m

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ISBN 10: 0004103033 ISBN 13: 9780004103037

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This is the first and most famous English translation of the The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. As a work of English literature FitzGerald's version of these poems, originally written in the Persian language, is a high point of the 19th century and has been greatly influential.

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'I found Robert Wilson's 'Omar Khayyam' very readable. It will stand well in print in Scotland' EDWIN MORGAN The Rubaiyat of Omar... takes on a contemporary gloss in a rumbustious reworking in Scots of the literal text of the Persian poet. THE HERALD --The Herald

About the Author:

John Heath-Stubbs was born in London and educated at Queen's College, Oxford. He was known for writing verse influenced by the classics and was awarded an OBE in 1988.

Peter Avery OBE is an eminent British scholar of Persian studies and a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge.

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