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240 pages • first pub 1859 (editions)
ISBN/UID: None
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press
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In 1859, Edward FitzGerald translated into English the short, epigrammatic poems (or "rubáiyát") of medieval Persian poet Omar Khayyám. If not a true translation--his Omar seems to have read Shakespeare and the King James Bible--the poem neverthel...
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240 pages • first pub 1859 (editions)
ISBN/UID: None
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Publication date: Not specified
Description
In 1859, Edward FitzGerald translated into English the short, epigrammatic poems (or "rubáiyát") of medieval Persian poet Omar Khayyám. If not a true translation--his Omar seems to have read Shakespeare and the King James Bible--the poem neverthel...