An edition of Vepʻxistqaosani (1888)

The man in the panther's skin

a romantic epic

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An edition of Vepʻxistqaosani (1888)

The man in the panther's skin

a romantic epic

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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.

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Literatura da khelovneba
Language
English
Pages
374

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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, Poetry, medieval
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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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The lord of the panther-skin
1977, State University of New York Press
in English - 1st ed.
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The man in the panther's skin: a romantic epic
1966, Literatura da khelovneba
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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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Edition Notes

"Bibliographical note": p. 360-366.
Added t.p. in Georgian.
"Reprinted from the original English edition, London, 1912."
"Appendix I: An English rendering of the Russian translation by Professor Marr of the introductory quatrains of 'The man in the panther's skin'" (p. 354-360)

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Tbilisi

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
899/.96
Library of Congress
PK9169.R8 E5 1966

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Pagination
374 p.
Number of pages
374

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OL5417215M
LCCN
73009365
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1218496

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