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by Khayyam Omar (Author) "Although I have a handsome face and colour, Cheek like the tulips, form like the cypress, It is not clear why the Eternal Painter Thus..." (more)

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Paperback: 128 pages
Publisher: Penguin; Reprint edition (27 Oct 1983)
Language English
ISBN-10: 0140059547
ISBN-13: 978-0140059540
Product Dimensions: 22.9 x 15.2 x 1 cm

Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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Philosopher, astronomer and mathematician, Khayyam as a poet possesses a singular originality. His poetry is richly charged with evocative power and offers a view of life characteristic of his stormy times, with striking relevance to the present day. This translation by Peter Avery and John Heath-Stubbs is beautifully and lavishly illustrated in colour with numerous examples of Persian miniature painting. It also contains a valuable introduction and several appendices, including an essay on Persian painting.

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John Heath-Stubbs was born in London and educated at Queen's College, Oxford. He was known for writing verse influenced by the classics and was awarded an OBE in 1988. Peter Avery OBE is an eminent British scholar of Persian studies and a Fellow of King's College, Cambridge.

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4.0 out of 5 stars WHICH BOOK OF VERSE?, 8 Aug 2006

By	DAVID BRYSON (Glossop Derbyshire England) - See all my reviews (TOP 50 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)

This review is from: The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (Wordsworth Classics) (Paperback)

Intending purchasers of the Rubaiyat with this particular ISBN need to be wary. What I got here was exactly what I wanted, namely FitzGerald's first version, the version familiar to many of us from our schooldays as it is given in the additional poems at the end of Palgrave's Golden Treasury. FitzGerald revised the work no fewer than four times, and so far as I can see there is also a version in circulation with this same ISBN but giving one of the later texts and having a different editor as well as a different picture on the cover.

Presumably FitzGerald thought he was making improvements as he went along. For me, although some of the revised stanzas are probably better than his first attempts, and those that are completely new are very welcome, each successive version is a little weaker than the one before. He abandons, for instance, the magnificent and unique metaphor in the first quatrain, and the very effective quatrains where all four lines are made to rhyme disappear as well. The general feel of it all stays the same of course, but I sense a loss of vividness in the afterthoughts by and large.

The edition as I have it is edited by Alexander Hutchison who contributes a helpful short introduction. There is in addition a set of notes at the back, and these are thoughtful and informative also. I would imagine that for Eng Lit students this little book will be a godsend at such modest cost. Enthusiasts for the poem in general will find the printing beautifully clear, and I did not spot any misprints or inaccuracies. What I wanted is what I have been given here, but that was more by luck than by judgment on my part.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Once upon a time in Persia....., 14 Jul 1999

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This review is from: The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (Wordsworth Classics) (Paperback)

"Awake! For morning in the bowl of night, has flung the stone that puts the stars to flight". Fitzgerald's (1851) masterful translation of Khayyam's 11th century poem evokes a romantic Persian landscape of minarets and rose-gardens by babbling streams. A Sufi, or religious mystic, Khayyam nonetheless extolled the virtues of wine, women and song in his humanistic view of the world. If our life on earth is so short, why not live every day as if it were our last?, he seems to say. His emphasis on the pleasures of drinking has curried much opposition from proponents of modern-day Islam, who would like to claim Khayyam as their own, but perhaps he is just using drunkenness as a metaphor for the ecstasy of love and spiritual fulfilment. For many readers, myself included, for whom the book has become a kind of textbook for life, it comes as a great relief to know that the path to happiness and spiritual enlightenment may involve no more than drinking wine in the company of friends. At this price the book is an excellent chance to fill in the gaps between the few quotations we all know and love. Give a copy to a friend as well and it will never be far from their bedside.

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5.0 out of 5 stars magical and philosophical, 12 Mar 2001

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Fitzgerald's Rubaiyat is one of the deepest works of poetry that can hope to be found, especially in the more mystical first edition. Deeply recommended to everybody.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent
This book is by far the best translation & coverage of the Rubaiyat.We are very impressed with the book because it goes beyond simply translating the Rubaiyat to actually... Read more

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3.0 out of 5 stars it loses something in translation
When a publisher prints on the cover " .. it is a worthy venture" one does wonder what less favourable comments might have been rejected. Read more

Published 13 months ago by Ms. Fiona Allen

3.0 out of 5 stars A Very different (and probably more accurate) Rubaiyat
Fitzgerald's version of the Rubaiyat has long been one of my favorites, from a very early age. My son recently gave me Avery's version and it is ideed very different. Read more

Published on 13 Jan 1999

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