Poems of the Orient
By Omar Khayyám , Rabindranath Tagore , Hafiz , and others
Read by various narrators
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3 Formats: CD
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3 Formats: Library CD
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3 Formats: MP3 CD
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ISBN: 9781094016580
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ISBN: 9781094016573
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ISBN: 9781094016597
| Runtime: | 2.59 Hours |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Poetry |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
Summary
Summary
The Rubá’iyát of Omar Khayyam, in the famous translation by Edward FitzGerald, remains one of the world’s most popular poems. Well received at the time, it also reveals the popularity of Victorian England’s fascination with the Orient.
Here, the poem forms the main work in the first part of this recording, along with shorter poems by other leading Persian and Indian figures, including Rumi, Sa’di and Rabindranath Tagore. The second half is devoted to works written by Western poets on the theme of the East with “The Veiled Prophet of Khorassan,” an excerpt from Thomas Moore’s Lalla Rookh, one of the bestsellers of the early nineteenth century.
Author
Author Bio: Omar Khayyám
Omar Khayyam (1048–1123) was a Persian mathematician, astronomer, and poet, renowned in his own country and time for his scientific achievements but largely known to the English-speaking world as the author of Edward Fitzgerald’s collection of translated quatrains, The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam. In addition to poetry, Khayyam also made major contributions to the fields of algebra and geometry. In The History of Western Philosophy Betrand Russell remarks that he was the only man known to him who was both a poet and a mathematician.
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Author Bio: Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi
Rumi (1207–1273) is the foremost Sufi poet, famous for his lyrics and for his didactic epic Masnavi, a collection of mystical tales and discourse. Rumi lived in the Seldjuk capital Konya, and his influence on literature, carried by his Sufism, spread with the expansion of the Ottoman Empire and lasted centuries.
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Author Bio: Hafiz
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Author Bio: Rabindranath Tagore
Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) was a Bengali polymath who reshaped the art of his culture. His novels, stories, songs, dance-dramas, and essays spoke to topics political and personal. His verse, short stories, and novels were acclaimed—or panned—for their lyricism, colloquialism, naturalism, and unnatural contemplation. His compositions were chosen by two nations as national anthems: India’s “Jana Gana Mana” and Bangladesh’s “Amar Shonar Bangla.” Tagore was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 and knighted by the British Crown in 1915, though he later renounced this honor after the 1919 Amritsar massacre.
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Details
Details
| Available Formats : | CD, Library CD, MP3 CD |
| Category: | Nonfiction/Poetry |
| Runtime: | 2.59 |
| Audience: | Adult |
| Language: | English |
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