02697cam a22005294a 4500 muse54594 MdBmJHUP 20210127151126.0 m o d cr||||||||nn|n 120215s2012 ne o 00 0 eng d 2012546183 9789400600799 9400600798 9789087281571 9087281579 (OCoLC)966841836 MdBmJHUP MdBmJHUP eng ara ara a-ir--- PK6525 .G74 2012 The Great 'Umar Khayyam A Global Reception of the Rubáiyát / A.A. Seyed-Gohrab (ed.). Leiden University Press, Project MUSE, 1 online resource (267 p.) : ill. (chiefly col.) ; Iranian studies series Includes bibliographical references and index. Open Access Unrestricted online access star The Rubáiyát by the Persian poet 'Umar Khayyaem (1048-1131) is used in contemporary Iran as a resistance literature, symbolizing the secularist voice in cultural debates. While Islamic fundamentalists criticize Khayyaem as an atheist and materialist philosopher who questions God's creation and the promise of reward or punishment in the hereafter, secularist intellectuals see in him an example of a scientist who scrutinizes the mysteries of the world. Others see a spritual master, a Sufi, who guides people to the truth. This volume collects eighteen essays on the history of the reception of 'Umar Khayyaem in various literary traditions, exporing how his philosophy of doubt, carpe diem, hedonism, and in vino veritas has inspired generations of poets, novelists, painters, musicians, calligraphers and film-makers. Arabic verses translated in English. Description based on print version record. Omar Khayyam. Rubāʻīyāt. Quatrains, Persian. Electronic books. local Seyed-Gohrab, A. A. (Ali Asghar), 1968- Project Muse. distributor Iranian studies series (Leiden, Netherlands) Book collections on Project MUSE. Full text available: https://muse.jhu.edu/book/46345/ Project MUSE - Archive Middle Eastern Studies Supplement II Project MUSE - Archive Literature Supplement V Project MUSE - Archive Complete Supplement V 24707 24707 0 0 lcc 0 0 DL DL OA 2021-01-27 0 PK6525 .G74 2012 2021-01-27 https://muse.jhu.edu/book/46345/ 2021-01-27 EBOOK