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The Ruba'iyat of Omar Khayyam

By: Publication details: London; Penguin Books Ltd; 1981Description: 128 Pages; PaperbackISBN:
  • 9780140443844
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 891.551
Summary: 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.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Karachi Poetry and Drama 891.551 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out 24/03/2023 PKLC018615
Book Adult and Young Adult 15-17 Lahore Poetry and Drama 891.551 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available PKLC014625
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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.

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