Great 'Umar Khayyam —— A Global Reception of the Rubaiyat

----- 伟大的乌玛尔·海耶姆

ISBN: 9789087281571 出版年：2012 页码：286 Seyed-Gohrab, A A Leiden University Press

The Rub谩iy谩t by the Persian poet 鈥楿mar Khayy忙m (1048-1131) is used in contemporary Iran as a resistance literature, symbolizing the secularist voice in cultural debates. While Islamic fundamentalists criticize Khayy忙m as an atheist and materialist philosopher who questions God 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 鈥楿mar Khayy忙m 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.