In search of Omar Khayyam /:

Khayyam has been the subject of speculation on the part of literary critics ever since Edward Fitzgerald published his own version of the Rubaiyat in 1859. This edition represented the first opportunity to study in English the work of Khayyam by a Persian scholar. There is no conclusive evidence to...

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Main Author: Dashtī, ʻAlī, 1895-1982
Other Authors: Elwell-Sutton, L. P. (Laurence Paul)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Persian
Published: London : Routledge, 2011.
Series:Routledge Library editions. Iran ; 12.
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Online Access:DE-862
DE-863
Summary:Khayyam has been the subject of speculation on the part of literary critics ever since Edward Fitzgerald published his own version of the Rubaiyat in 1859. This edition represented the first opportunity to study in English the work of Khayyam by a Persian scholar. There is no conclusive evidence to prove which of the many quatrains attributed to Khayyam are authentic. Ali Dashti therefore constructs a likeness of the poet from references found in the works of writers of his day or immediately after, and from Khayyam's own works on philosophy, mathematics and astronomy, of which the auth.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 online resource)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-270) and index.
ISBN:9780203833094
0203833090

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