ABSTRACT

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.

part I|50 pages

The Making of the Classical Age

part II|62 pages

The Golden Age, The Fall, and The Resurrection

chapter 7|7 pages

Prose romance: Rustaveli's precursors

chapter 9|4 pages

Religious literature of the Golden Age

chapter 10|5 pages

The later chronicles

chapter 11|6 pages

Rebuilding on a ‘tabula rasa'

chapter 12|5 pages

The authorial persona: King Teimuraz I

chapter 13|8 pages

Kings & enlightenment

chapter 15|3 pages

The last gasps of the eighteenth century

part III|56 pages

Romantic & Civic Literature

part IV|23 pages

The Rediscovery of Roots

chapter 22|9 pages

Vazha-Pshavela

chapter 23|12 pages

Folk poetry & its relevance to literature

part V|81 pages

The Age of Internationalism