An edition of Vepʻxistqaosani (1888)

The knight in the tiger's skin

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An edition of Vepʻxistqaosani (1888)

The knight in the tiger's skin

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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.

Publisher
International Publishers
Language
English
Pages
299

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Subjects
Translations into English, Georgian Epic poetry, Poetry, Knights and knighthood, Aphorisms and apothegms, Translations into Hebrew, Georgian Epic literature, English poetry, Translations from Georgian, Textual Criticism, Georgian poetry, Poetry (poetic works by one author), Russian Epic poetry
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Shota Rustaveli (12th/13th cent)

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Cover of: The man in the panther's skin
The man in the panther's skin: a romantic epic
2001, Curzon in association with the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
in English - [New ed].
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Cover of: The lord of the panther-skin
The lord of the panther-skin
1977, State University of New York Press
in English - 1st ed.
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Cover of: דער גיבער אינ דער טיגער-פעל
דער גיבער אינ דער טיגער-פעל
1937, Uḳrmelukhenatsmindfarlag
in Yiddish
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The knight in the tiger's skin
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At head of title: Shot'ha Rust'hveli institute of literature, Tbilisi. Shot'ha Rust'hveli.

"Shot'ha Rust'hveli and his poem, by Pavlè Ingorokva": p. ix-[xlviii]

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xlvii, 299p.
Number of pages
299

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OL23344433M

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