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020			_a9780140443844
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100			_aKhayyam, Omar
245			_aThe Ruba'iyat of Omar Khayyam
260			_bPenguin Books, _c1981 _aLondon :
300			_a116 p. ; _bill., _c20 cm.
365			_d1.00 _b499.00 _c₹
504			_aInclude bibliography.
520			_aRevered 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.
650			_aPoetry
650			_aEnglish poetry
650			_aRubaiyat
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