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        The Great Umar Khayyam

        A Global Reception of the Rubáiyát

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        Author(s)
        Seyed-Gohrab, A.A.
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        OAPEN-NL
        Language
        English
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        Abstract
        The Rubáiyát by the Persian poet ‘Umar Khayyæm (1048-1131) is used in contemporary Iran as a resistance literature, symbolizing the secularist voice in cultural debates. While Islamic fundamentalists criticize Khayyæm 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 spiritual master, a Sufi, who guides people to the truth. This volume collects eighteen essays on the history of the reception of ‘Umar Khayyæm in various literary traditions, exploring how his philosophy of doubt, carpe diem, hedonism, and in vino veritas has inspired generations of poets, novelists, painters, musicians, calligraphers and film-makers.
         
        Weinig niet-Europeanen hebben zo’n invloed gehad op de Westerse poëzie als Omar Khayyam. De Perzische wetenschapper en dichter die leefde van 1048 tot 1131 kreeg cultstatus na de vertaling van zijn gedichten in de negentiende eeuw. In 1859 vertaalde Edward FitzGerald Khayyams verzameling kwatrijnen, de “Rubáiyát” geheten in het Engels. Daarna werden ze vanuit het Engels naar vele andere talen vertaald en herdicht.In het hedendaags Iran wordt Khayyam gezien als een stem in het verzet tegen de religieuze staat; hij staat symbool voor de secularisten in culturele debatten. In het westen wordt hij vooral geassocieerd met spiritualiteit en diepzinnige levenswijsheden die verscholen zijn in ogenschijnlijk eenvoudige kwatrijnen. In het boek hebben achttien wetenschappers uit verschillende literaire tradities de receptie van Khayyam onderzocht, waarbij zij aandacht besteden aan zijn filosofie van twijfel, carpe diem, hedonisme, en in vino veritas.
         
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        http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/32754
        Keywords
        linguïstiek; linguistics; Netherlands; Persian language; Persian literature; Persians; Quatrain
        DOI
        10.5117/9789087281571
        ISBN
        9789087281571
        OCN
        818415822
        Publisher
        Leiden University Press
        Publisher website
        https://www.lup.nl/
        Publication date and place
        2012
        Series
        Iranian Studies Series,
        Classification
        Persian (Farsi)
        Poetry by individual poets
        Literary studies: ancient, classical and medieval
        Pages
        288
        Public remark
        Relevant Wikipedia pages: Netherlands - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands; Persian language - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_language; Persian literature - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persian_literature; Persians - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persians; Quatrain - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quatrain
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        • This project received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 683680, 810640, 871069 and 964352.

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