Doborjginidze B. Myth and Vazha-Pshavela's Work: Mythical and Artistic Consciousness (Mitosi da Vazha-Pshavelas shemokmedeba: mitosuri da mkhatvruli cnobiereba), 1981. In Georgian

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მითოსი და ვაჟა-ფშაველას შემოქმედება: მითოსური და მხატვრული ცნობიერება
საქართველოს სსრ მეცნიერებათა აკადემია, შოთა რუსთაველის სახელობის ქართული ლიტერატურის ისტორიის ინსტიტუტი
თბილისი: მეცნიერება, 1981
279 გვ. : ილ. ; 21 სმ.
ტირაჟი 2000 ც.
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Doborjginidze, Beno
Myth and Vazha-Pshavela's Work: Mythical and Artistic Consciousness (Mitosi da Vazha-Pshavelas shemokmedeba: mitosuri da mkhatvruli cnobiereba)
Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR, Shota Rustaveli Institute of Georgian Literature History
Tbilisi: Metsniereba, 1981
279 pp. : ill. ; 21 cm
Print run 2,000 copies.

This 1981 monograph by Beno Doborjginidze, a noted Georgian literary scholar and specialist in modern Georgian literature, is a profound study of the role of myth and mythical consciousness in the poetry and prose of Vazha-Pshavela (Luka Razikashvili, 1861–1915), one of Georgia’s greatest national poets. The book explores how Vazha-Pshavela integrates archaic mythological structures, pagan worldview, folk beliefs, and symbolic archetypes into his artistic system, creating a unique synthesis of mythical and modern artistic consciousness. Key themes include the mythological roots of characters (e.g., Mindia, Aghaza, Aluda Ketelauri), the conflict between individual and collective, nature and civilization, pagan ethics versus Christian morality, and the poet’s innovative use of myth to address existential and national questions in late 19th–early 20th-century Georgian literature. Richly illustrated with drawings, portraits, and manuscript facsimiles, the volume was published by the prestigious “Metsniereba” publishing house under the auspices of the Shota Rustaveli Institute of Georgian Literature (Georgian SSR Academy of Sciences) in a limited run of 2,000 copies. A fundamental work in Vazha-Pshavela studies and Georgian mythopoetic criticism, this hardcover edition remains highly sought after by collectors of Georgian literature, Soviet-era national humanities scholarship, Caucasian studies, literary theory on myth, and rare 1980s academic publications from Georgia.