The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: translation or transfiguration. Ahmad Azarmi.
Theory and Practice in Language Studies 29 (1976), pp. 20–24
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Empedocles, Omar Khayyam, and Rabbi Ben Ezra
Empedocles, Omar Khayyam, and Rabbi Ben Ezra. Edward. C. McAleer.
Tennessee Studies in Literature 20 (1975), pp. 76–84.
Omar the Wise
Omar the Wise
In: World of wonder, 1973, nr. 165, p. 14-15
Over the centuries, from far-away Persia, come the sad, sweet words of wisdom of that land’s most famous bard.
The enigma of Edward FitzGerald
The enigma of Edward FitzGerald. J.L. Borges.
In: Other inquisitions, 1937-1952. London : Souvenir Press, 1973. ISBN: 0-285-64711-3
Borges ponders on the mysterious connection between Khayyám and FitzGerald. A miracle that happened: from the fortuitous conjunction of a Persian astronomer who condescends to write poetry, and an eccentric Englishman who peruses Oriental and Hispanic books, emerges a poet who does not resemble either of them. He suggests a deep-seated, a-Platonic connection between philosophy, mathematics, and poetry.
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: a critical assessment of Robert Graves’ and Omar Ali-Shah’s ‘translation’
The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam: a critical assessment of Robert Graves’ and Omar Ali-Shah’s ‘translation’. J.C.E. Bowen
Iran: Journal of Persian studies 11 (1973), pp. 63–73
When Cassells in November 1967 published Robert Graves’s versification of 111 of Omar Khayyam’s quatrains, they announced it to be “for the first time a true translation of Omar Khayaam which reverses his philosophy as presented, in ignorance of the Persian language and of Sufi symbolism, by Edward FitzGerald”. They also called it “one of the most important literary revelations of our time”. In this article, the validity of these claims is examined.
Omar Khayyam: astronomer, mathematician and poet
Omar Khayyam: astronomer, mathematician and poet. John Andrew Boyle.
Bulletin of the John Rylands Library 52 (1969) 1, p. 30-45
General article investigating what is known about Khayyám, the years of his birth and death, his background, and the various manuscripts that have come to light in recent years.
The Persian Rubā’ī: Common Sense in Analysis
The Persian Rubā’ī: Common Sense in Analysis. Michael Craig Hillmann.
Zeitschrift der Deutschen Morgenländischen Gesellschaft 119 (1969) 1, p. 98–101.
Comment on an article by G. L. Windfuhr, entitled “Die Struktur eines Robai” (ZDMG 1968, pp. 75- 8)