Ali Dashti

In Search of Omar Khayyam (RLE Iran B) (eBook, ePUB)

Übersetzer: Elwell-Sutton, L.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 280
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. April 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136840845
• Artikelnr.: 38274666

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Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Introduction. Note on Transliteration. Preface to the Persian
Second Edition. Part 1: In Search of Khayyam 1. Khayyam as Poet 2. Khayyam
as Seen by his Contemporaries 3. Meanness or Common Sense? 4. Hero or
Martyr? 5. A Dispute with a Prince 6. Khayyam from his own Writings 7.
Khayyam and Sufism 8. Khayyam and Isma'ilism Part 2: In Search of the
Quatrains 1. The Key Quatrains 2. The Axis of Life and Death 3. Khayyam's
Literary Style 4. Khayyam and his Imitators 5. Khayyam's Wine-Poetry 6.
Khayyam as Seen by the West 7. The Selected Quatrains 8. Some Khayyam-like
Quatrains Part 3: Random Thoughts 1. 'Whence we have come, and whither do
we go?' 2. 'If it was bad, whose was the fault but His?' 3. 'A tiny gnat
appears - and disappears' 4. 'The Withered Tulip Never Blooms Again' 5.
'Whether this Breath I take will be My Last.' Appendix I: Biographical
Notes. Appendix II: Glossary of Technical Terms. Bibliography. Index.