The Great 'Umar Khayyam : A Global Reception of the Rubáiyát /

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...

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Other Authors: Seyed-Gohrab, A. A. (Ali Asghar), 1968-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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