How The Rubiyt inspired Victorian hedonists to reject the conservatism of their time – Quartz

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How The Rubiyt inspired Victorian hedonists to reject the conservatism of their time
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How did a 400-line poem based on the writings of a Persian sage, advocating seize-the-day hedonism, achieve widespread popularity in Victorian England? Rubiyt of Omar Khayym was written by the eccentric English scholar Edward FitzGerald, drawing ...

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