Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Foreword
Chapter 1. “The Man in the Panther Skin”: Cultural bridge from East to West and from Middle Ages to the Renaissance
Elguja Khintibidze
Chapter 2. Praise of the Universe Integrity and Beauty
Griver Parulava
Chapter 3. Shota Rustaveli’s Vepxi: Tiger, Leopard or Panther?
Luigi Magarotto
Chapter 4. Dawn of Renaissance
Tamaz Tchiladze
Chapter 5. Culture of Rustaveli Era
Roin Metreveli
Chapter 6. The Place of Rustaveli’s “The Man in the Panther Skin” in Courtly Literature
G. Koolemans Beynen
Chapter 7. Christian Fundamentals of the Renaissance Anthropocentricism: Rustaveli and Pico della Mirandola
Mariam Karbelashvili
Chapter 8. From Anti-fiction towards the Fiction: Literary Canon of Georgian Medieval Writing and “The Knight in the Panther’s Skin”
Irma Ratiani
Chapter 9. Shota Rustaveli’s “Knight in Panther’s Skin” – A Renaissance-esque Polyphony
Levan Gigineishvili
Chapter 10. The Knight in the Panther’s Skin and European Chivalry Romance
Maka Elbakidze
Chapter 11. “The Knight in the Panther’s Skin” Religious-Philosophical Preconditions and Environment
Mikheil Makharadze
Chapter 12. Knightly Values and Personal Relationships in Shota Rustaveli and Chrétien de Troyes
Sally Newell
Chapter 13. Classical Tradition in Rustaveli’s Vepkhistkaosani – The Man in the Panther Skin
Zaza Khintibidze
Chapter 14. Georgian Hymnography
Nestan Sulava
Chapter 15. Parallels between the Prologue and Avthandil’s Testament Philosophical Terms
Tinatin Biganishvili
Chapter 16. Issue of Tolerance in “The Knight in the Panther’s Skin”
Lia Karitchashvili
Chapter 17. On the Ideological Essence of “The Knight in the Panther’s Skin”
Rima Pirtskhalaishvili
Chapter 18. “The Knight in the Panther’s Skin” and the Western Renaissance
Ekaterine Gogiashvili
Chapter 19. “The Knight in the Panther’s Skin” Geography Medieval Symbolics
Lia Tsereteli
Chapter 20. Art and Architecture in Rustaveli Era
Mariam Didebulidze
Chapter 21. History of Shalva Nutsubidze’s Poetic Translation of “The Knight in the Panther’s Skin”
Nana Gonjilashvili
Chapter 22. The Main Dramaturgical Lines in “The Knight in the Panther’s Skin”
Nodar Natadze and Amiran Dolidze
Index
The book is written for literary scholars as well as wide range of readers interested in medieval poetry.