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- The Great 'Umar Khayyam: A Global Reception of the Rubáiyát
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- 2012
- Published by: Leiden University Press
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The Persian poet, mathematician, and astronomer ‘Umar Khayyám (1048-1131), is best known for his remarkable and highly influential poem cycle, “The Rubáiyát”. These poems, of which there are nearly a thousand, have been used in contemporary Iran as resistance literature, symbolizing the secularist voice in cultural debates. Offering a unique overview of a selection of poems, this anthology collects eighteen essays on the history of the reception of the celebrated work in various literary translations and editions, exploring how Khayyám’s philosophy as presented in his poetry has inspired generations of poets, novelists, painters, musicians, calligraphers, filmmakers, and freethinkers
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- Acknowledgments
- pp. 9-10
- Introduction
- Kkayyām in Persia
- Khayyām in the Arab World and Turkey
- The Arab 'Umar Khayyām
- pp. 73-84
- Khayyām in the Netherlands
- 'Umar Khayyām’s Impact on Dutch Literature
- pp. 115-128
- The Russian and Georgian Reception of Khayyām
- Khayyām's Reception in Victorian England
- Khayyām in India
- International Khayyām Data-base
- An 'Umar Khayyām Database
- pp. 245-252
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ISBN
9789400600799
Related ISBN(s)
9789087281571
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OCLC
966841836
Pages
270
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2017-01-01
Language
English
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Yes
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