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The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: The Astronomer Poet of Persia

Book by Edward Fitzgerald; J. C. Winston, 1898

Subjects:

Persian Poetry--Translations In English

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Gosse.. xliii Omar Khayyams Grave. By William Simpson xlv...brought by Mr. W. Simpson from Omar Khayyams tomb and planted on that day on the...obedience to the poets wishes. OMAR KHAYYAMS GRAVE. IN reference to the allusion...
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Edward Fitzgerald

Book by Joanna Richardson; Longmans, Green, 1960

Subjects:

Fitzgerald, Edward--1809-1883

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...existence. FitzGerald shared Omar Khayyams contempt for sanctimony, bigotry...natural sympathy drew him to Omar Khayyam, and drew the Victorians and posterity...intervals during his life, Omar Khayyam had attempted no consistency of...
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Encyclopedia of the History of Arabic Science - Vol. 2

Book by Roshdi Rashed, RÉgis Morelon; Routledge, 1996

Subjects:

Science--Arab Countries--History--Encyclopedias

Collections: History, Entire Library

The Arabic contribution is fundamental to the history of science, mathematics and technology, but until now no single publication has offered an up-to-date synthesis of knowledge in this area. In three fully-illustrated volumes the Encyclopedia of the History of Arabic Science documents the ...
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The Arabic contribution is fundamental to the history of science, mathematics and technology, but until now no single publication has offered an up-to-date synthesis of knowledge in this area. In three fully-illustrated volumes the Encyclopedia of the History of Arabic Science documents the history and philosophy of Arabic science from the earliest times to the present day. The set as a whole covers seven centuries. Thirty chapters, written by an international team of specialists from Europe, America, the Middle East and Russia cover such areas as astronomy, mathematics, music, engineering, nautical science and scientific institutions.
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An Anthology of Philosophy in Persia - Vol. 1

Book by Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Mehdi Amin Razavi; Oxford University Press, 1999

Subjects:

Philosophy, Iranian

Collections: Philosophy, Entire Library

This is the first volume in a projected five-volume work covering the full expanse of Persian thought from the Zoroastrianism of the pre-Christian era up to the present day. Introducing this extensive body of work for the first time in English translation, these volumes will be of great interest to ...
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This is the first volume in a projected five-volume work covering the full expanse of Persian thought from the Zoroastrianism of the pre-Christian era up to the present day. Introducing this extensive body of work for the first time in English translation, these volumes will be of great interest to scholars of philosophy, religion, and Middle Eastern studies. Volume I includes the work of the earliest Zoroastrian writers and that of thinkers from the early Islamic period. The translators include many outstanding scholars from America, Europe, and the Islamic world.
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The Rise of the Medieval World, 500-1300: A Biographical Dictionary

Book by Jana K. Schulman; Greenwood Press, 2002

Subjects:

Biography--Middle Ages, 500-1500--Dictionaries, Civilization, Medieval--Dictionaries, Europe--History--476-1492--Biography--Dictionaries

Collections: History, Entire Library

Beginning in 500 with the fusion of classical, Christian, and Germanic cultures and ending in 1300 with a Europe united by a desire for growth, knowledge, and change, this volume provides basic information on the significant cultural figures of the Middle Ages. It includes over 400 people whose ...
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Beginning in 500 with the fusion of classical, Christian, and Germanic cultures and ending in 1300 with a Europe united by a desire for growth, knowledge, and change, this volume provides basic information on the significant cultural figures of the Middle Ages. It includes over 400 people whose contributions in literature, religion, philosophy, education, or politics influenced the development and culture of the Medieval world. While focusing on Western European figures, the book does not neglect those from Byzantium, Baghdad, and the Arab world who also contributed to the politics, religion, and culture of Western Europe.
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Journal Articles on: Khayyam OR Khayyams OR Rubiayat

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Omar Khayyam, the Mathmetician

Journal article by Glen M. Cooper; The Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 123, 2003

Subjects:

Omar Khayyam, the Mathmetician (Book)

Collections: History, Entire Library

...Professor Rashed is convinced that two Khayyams are indicated by the historical evidence...other the mathematician. Whether two Khayyams or one, the present book enables us to assess some of the mathematician Khayyams contributions to the world mathematics...
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The Benefits of Reading the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam as Pastoral

Journal article by Giuseppe Albano; Victorian Poetry, Vol. 46, 2008

Subjects:

Drinking (Alcoholic beverages)--Criticism and interpretation, Drinking of alcoholic beverages--Criticism and interpretation, FitzGerald, Edward (British poet)--Criticism and interpretation, FitzGerald, Edward (British poet)--Works, Pastoral poetry--Criticism and interpretation, Poets--Criticism and interpretation, Poets--Works, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (Poetry collection)--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...Benefits of Reading the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam as Pastoral. by Giuseppe Albano...B. Nicolas French translations of Omar Khayyam --collected in book form as Les quatrains...it for his first translations of Omar Khayyam (Letters, 2:273). Moreover, his English...
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Accident, Orientalism, and Edward FitzGerald as Translator

Journal article by Annmarie Drury; Victorian Poetry, Vol. 46, 2008

Subjects:

Creative writing--Criticism and interpretation, FitzGerald, Edward (British poet)--Criticism and interpretation, FitzGerald, Edward (British poet)--Works, Poets--Criticism and interpretation, Poets--Works, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (Poem)--Authorship

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...the dominated language and culture, Khayyams Persian," Black writes. (5) In this...rapid metamorphosis over continuity. Khayyams quatrains, which are self-contained...a lucky conjunction, working with Khayyams poetry brought him back to phrases...
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Metaphor, Translation, and Autoekphrasis in FitzGerald's Rubaiyat

Journal article by Herbert F. Tucker; Victorian Poetry, Vol. 46, 2008

Subjects:

FitzGerald, Edward (British poet)--Criticism and interpretation, FitzGerald, Edward (British poet)--Works, Poets--Criticism and interpretation, Poets--Works, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (Poem)--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...FitzGeralds commitment to interpreting Omar Khayyams quatrains not mystically but--in a...the start in a polemic against Omar Khayyams allegorizers. They were a tribe who...between vehicle and tenor. (4) Yet Khayyams fondness for metaphor--compounded...
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Appendix: Two Early Reviews of the Rubaiyat

Journal article; Victorian Poetry, Vol. 46, 2008

Subjects:

FitzGerald, Edward (British poet)--Criticism and interpretation, FitzGerald, Edward (British poet)--Works, Poets--Criticism and interpretation, Poets--Works, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (Poem)--Criticism and interpretation

Collections: Literature, Entire Library

...B. Nicolas French translation of Omar Khayyam (1867), upon which FitzGerald himself...October 1, 1859): 326. Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, the Astronomer-Poet of Persia. Translated into English Verse. (Quaritch.) OMAR KHAYYAM is a Persian poet who is little known...

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Magazine Articles on: Khayyam OR Khayyams OR Rubiayat

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The Keeper: The Legend of Omar Khayyam

Magazine article by Pat Mcdonnell Twair; The Middle East, November 2005

Subjects:

Iranian Americans--Works, Iranian culture--Portrayals, Mashayekh, Kayvan--Works, Riahi, Sep--Works, The Keeper: the Legend of Omar Khayyam (Motion picture)

Collections: Entire Library

...gift to his dying brother, a poster of an edition of Omar Khayyams Rubaiyat which sank with the Titanic. The address of the...for its remarkable architecture and the fact that Omar Khayyam lived many years in Samarkand. The crew spent six weeks...
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The Rubaiyat of Edward FitzOmar

Magazine article by Gary Sloan; Free Inquiry, Vol. 23, Winter 2002

Subjects:

FitzGerald, Edward--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Omar Khayyam--Translations and translating, Persian literature--Translations and translating, Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (Poem)--Translations and translating

Collections: Philosophy, Literature, Entire Library

...recited quatrains from The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, the bible for apostate tipplers. The...concluded: "While it is certain that Omar Khayyam wrote many quatrains, it is hardly possible...Literary Supplement observed: "To prove Khayyam a Sufi involves the dangerous assertion...
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Ashcan Painters Made the Ordinary into Art

Magazine article by Joanna Shaw-Eagle; Insight on the News, Vol. 12, January 1, 1996

Subjects:

Painting--Exhibitions

Collections: Entire Library

...existence -- happiness and youth; death and darkness; and rebirth -- according to senior curator Richard Murray. Apparently, Khayyams philosophy of an unknowable fate and ultimate renewal spoke to Vedder, who lost two children in the 1870s. The exhibition...
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Poetic Interpretation, Please

Magazine article by Pamela Geiger Stephens; School Arts, Vol. 102, January 2003

Collections: Education, Entire Library

...students become adept at poetic interpretation of art, try other more complex poems such as calligram, free form, sonnet, and rubiayat. Extensions * Post all poems beside the masterwork that they interpret. * Implement poetry formats as a critique mechanism...
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Sex and Mysticism

Magazine article by Ignacio L. Gotz; Cross Currents, Vol. 54, Fall 2004

Subjects:

Marriage--Forecasts and trends, Spirituality--Analysis

Collections: Religious Studies, Entire Library

...nit mag sin) are typical, and remind one of Rabias "I am not my own." Similar sexual allusions may be heard in Omar Khayyams Rubaiyat; for instance, in No. 32, where he sings, There was a Door to which I found no Key...

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Newspaper Articles on: Khayyam OR Khayyams OR Rubiayat

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Back to the Drawing Board; "There Was the Door to Which I Found No Key; There Was the Veil through Which I Might Not See;.The Moving Finger Writes; and, Having Writ, Moves On." - Omar Khayyam

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, October 27, 2006

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Found No Key; There Was the Veil through Which I Might Not See;.The Moving Finger Writes; and, Having Writ, Moves On." - Omar Khayyam. Byline: HECTOR R.R. VILLANUEVA IT was neither an infringement of freedom nor a triumph for the Supreme Court. The High...
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The Year That Was; "The Moving Finger Writes; and, Having Writ Moves On: Nor All Thy Piety nor Wit Shall Lure It Back to Cancel Half a Line, nor All Thy Tears Wash out a Word of It." E. Fitzgeralda[euro][TM]s the Rubiyat of Omar Khayyam

Newspaper article; Manila Bulletin, December 27, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Shall Lure It Back to Cancel Half a Line, nor All Thy Tears Wash out a Word of It." E. FitzgeraldaeuroTMs the Rubiyat of Omar Khayyam. ALLaS well that ends well for the Philippines for the year ending 2005. However, 2005 was not always like that, and President...
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Top Dogs Give Decorators a Pasting

Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), June 12, 2006

Subjects:

Omar Khayyam

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Byline: Msv Midweek League Omar Khayyam have emerged as leaders of Division A...taking 3-17. A Ramzan (48 no) helped Omar Khayyam to an easy win at 85-2. Adil scored 46...they ended on 128-6. Cup holders Omar Khayyam had their middle order to thank as they...
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McKenna Fall Short by Two

Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), June 18, 2004

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Ramzan (47) and Ali (28no) set up Omar Khayyams 141-6 when visiting Acklam Grange...reply of 88-8. MSV, Dormans, Omar Khayyam and Huntsman Tioxide progressed in...22no in the ten wickets win. Omar Khayyam hit 153-5 when they entertained Winning...
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Bowling Duo Display Steel for Corus in D

Newspaper article; Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England), July 1, 2005

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...56) and Rashid (58) were mainly responsible for Omar Khayyams 149-4. Shahid (35) set up McKennas reply but other batsmen...struggled as they were all out for 114. Jap Parts joined Omar Khayyam in third place following their eight wicket win at Stafford...

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Encyclopedia Articles on: Khayyam OR Khayyams OR Rubiayat

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Khayyam, Omar

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

KHAYYAM, OMAR see Omar Khayyam . ____________________ The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright 2007, Columbia University Press. Licensed from Lernout Hauspie Speech Products N.V. All rights reserved.
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Omar Khayyam

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

OMAR KHAYYAM o mar kiam , fl. 11th cent., Persian poet and mathematician, b. Nishapur. He was called Khayyam tentmaker probably because of his fathers occupation. The details of his life are mostly conjectural, but he was well educated and became...
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Persian Literature

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Omar Khayyam , whose reputation in the West is largely due to Edward FitzGeralds nonliteral adaptation of his quatrains. Khayyams poetry belongs to the mystical and didactic genres that were developed by Sanai in his Hadiqat al-Haqiqa, Garden of the...
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Fitzgerald, Edward

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...Suffolk. His masterpiece, a translation of The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, appeared anonymously in 1859 and passed unnoticed until Dante...translation of a poem by the 11th-century Persian poet Omar Khayyam , it retains the spirit of the original in its poignant expression...
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Dulac, Edmund

Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2007

Collections: Religious Studies, Philosophy, History, Education, Literature, Psychology, Entire Library

...imaginative, colorful illustrations of the Arabian Nights (1907), Shakespeares Tempest (1908), and The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam (1909). ____________________ The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Copyright 2007, Columbia University Press. Licensed...

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