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This epic by the Georgian poet Rust'haveli has been the book of a nation for 700 years. It was expected that the text, based on a Persian original and reflecting Georgia's position as a crossroads between east and west, would be memorized by all female members of the country's aristocracy.
12th century Georgian poet and thinker Shota Rustaveli, author of the Georgian national epic poem The Knight in the Panthers Skin, is considered by different literary critics and scholars throughout the world as one of the most significant poets in the history of medieval literature. Literary academia abides with various interpretations and readings of The Knight in the Panthers Skin, revealing the complex and unorthodox nature of Rustavelis epic poem which often brings Greek thought to the readers mind (for instance, the works of Homer, Plato and Aristotle). Some scholars argue that, to a certain extent, Rustaveli anticipates European Renaissance. Georgia, the homeland of Rustaveli, being l...
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Diana Anphimiadi is one of the most widely revered Georgian poets of her generation. Georgian-English dual language edition.
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.