The Ruba'iyat of Omar Khayyam - Couverture souple

Khayyam, Omar

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0140443843 ISBN 13 : 9780140443844

Editeur : Penguin Classics, 1981

Synopsis

The Ruba'Iyat of Omar Khayyam Omar Khayyam was revered in eleventh-century Persia as an astronomer, mathematician and philosopher. Presented in short epigrammatic stanza form, this title contains his verses of reckless romanticism and pragmatic fatalism in the face of death. Full description

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Présentation de l'éditeur :

Revered in eleventh-century Persia as an astronomer, mathematician and philosopher, Omar Khayyam is now known first and foremost for his Ruba'iyat. The short epigrammatic stanza form allowed poets of his day to express personal feelings, beliefs and doubts with wit and clarity, and Khayyam became one of its most accomplished masters with his touching meditations on the transience of human life and of the natural world. One of the supreme achievements of medieval literature, the reckless romanticism and the pragmatic fatalism in the face of death means these verses continue to hold the imagination of modern readers.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Omar Khayyam is famous as a poet, astronomer and mathematician - he was one of the greatest mathematicians of the Middle Ages. He was born near Nishapur in north-east Persia and is thought to have died in approximately 1122.John Heath-Stubbs published several volumes of poetry, including Collected Poems 1988. He also translated poetry, including Leopardi. He edited selections of Swift, Shelley, TEnnyson and Pope, as well as various anthologies. He received the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 1973 and the OBE in 1989 for services to literature.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Classics
• Date d'édition: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0140443843
• ISBN 13: 9780140443844
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 128