{"product_id":"the-rubaiyat-of-omar-khayyam-first-and-fifth-editions-9780486264677","title":"The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: First and Fifth Editions","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Edward Fitzgerald\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Dover Publications\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOmar Khayy m (1048-1122) was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, and a philosopher who was not known as a poet in his lifetime. Later, a body of quatrains became attached to his name, although not all were his works. These verses lay in obscurity until 1859, when Edward FitzGerald (1809-1883), an English country gentleman, published a free adaptation of this Persian poetry. After its discovery by D. G. Rossetti and others, the verse became extremely popular. Essentially a hedonist and a skeptic, Omar Khayy m, through FitzGerald, spoke with both an earthy and spiritual freedom that stirred a universal response. As a result, the \u003ci\u003eRub iy t\u003c\/i\u003e became one of the best-known and most often quoted English classics. The fifth edition, published posthumously in 1889, was based on FitzGerald's handwritten changes in a copy of the fourth edition, and is traditionally printed with the first edition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45408977387671,"sku":"9780486264677","price":557.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780486264677.webp?v=1769292177","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-rubaiyat-of-omar-khayyam-first-and-fifth-editions-9780486264677","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}