The first comprehensive and objective history of the literature of Georgia, revealed to be unique among those of the former Byzantine and Russian empires, both in its quality and its 1500 years' history. It is examined in the context of the extraordinarily diverse influences which affected it - from Greek and Persian to Russian and modern European literature, and the folklore of the Caucasus.
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'The present volume will long serve both interested amateurs and professional scholars of Georgian...furnishing them with both hours of pleasurable reading and many thought-provoking in-sights.' - Bulletin of SOAS
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Donald Rayfield (born 1942) is professor of Russian and Georgian at Queen Mary, University of London. He is an author of books about Russian and Georgian literature, and about Joseph Stalin and his secret police. He is also a series editor for books about Russian writers and intelligentsia.
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Before the earliest texts of Georgian literature could appear, three conditions had to be met. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
civic literature, panther skin, folk poetry, broody hen Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Blue Horns, Union of Writers, Titsian Tabidze, Leonti Mroveli, Giorgi Atoneli, Davit Aghmashenebeli, Saint Petersburg, Classical Age, Ilia Chavchavadze, Akaki Tsereteli, Mount Sinai, Queen Tamar, Aleksandre Chavchavadze, King Erekle, Paolo Iashvili, Rustaveli Theatre, Saint Nino, Galaktion Tabidze, Giorgi Tsereteli, Grigol Robakidze, Mount Athos, Ekvtime Atoneli, Eprem Mtsire, Giorgi Eristavi, Great Terror New!
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Before the earliest texts of Georgian literature could appear, three conditions had to be met. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
civic literature, panther skin, folk poetry, broody hen Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Blue Horns, Union of Writers, Titsian Tabidze, Leonti Mroveli, Giorgi Atoneli, Davit Aghmashenebeli, Saint Petersburg, Classical Age, Ilia Chavchavadze, Akaki Tsereteli, Mount Sinai, Queen Tamar, Aleksandre Chavchavadze, King Erekle, Paolo Iashvili, Rustaveli Theatre, Saint Nino, Galaktion Tabidze, Giorgi Tsereteli, Grigol Robakidze, Mount Athos, Ekvtime Atoneli, Eprem Mtsire, Giorgi Eristavi, Great Terror New!
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- The Divine Names by Dionysius on page 40, and page 78
- Richard III (Folger Shakespeare Library) by William Shakespeare in Front Matter, and page 181
- Middle East (Pt. 19) in Back Matter
- Georgian Reader by George Hewitt in Back Matter
- Lives and Legends of the Georgian Saints by David Marshall Lang in Back Matter
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- Repentance: The Film Companion (Kinofiles Film Companions, 4) by Josephine Woll on page 86, and Back Matter
- Pilgrimage: Timothy Gabashvili's Travels to Mount Athos, Constantinople and Jerusalem, 1755-1759 (Caucasus World) by Mzia Ebanoidze in Front Matter
- After Atheism: Religion and Ethnicity in Russia and Central Asia (Caucasus World) by David C. Lewis in Front Matter
- Nation-building in the Post-Soviet Borderlands: The Politics of National Identities by Graham Smith in Back Matter
- The Chechens: A Handbook (Caucasus World: Peoples of the Caucasus) by Amjad Jaimoukha in Back Matter
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