The Spatial Representation of Tbilisi in Georgian Poetry. Georgian Modernism and Soviet Modernisation

The urban imagery and modes of spatial representation of Georgia’s capital Tbilisi in Georgian poetry of the 1910s-1930s are heavily affected by changing political contexts. The implementation of Soviet totalitarianism started at the end of the 1920s, and was fulfilled within a few years. This proc...

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Autor principal: Tsipuria, Bela
Formato: Article ou chapitre numérique
Lenguaje:Anglais
Publicado: Les Cahiers de la mémoire contemporaine 2022
Acceso en línea:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Sumario:The urban imagery and modes of spatial representation of Georgia’s capital Tbilisi in Georgian poetry of the 1910s-1930s are heavily affected by changing political contexts. The implementation of Soviet totalitarianism started at the end of the 1920s, and was fulfilled within a few years. This process reshaped the whole construct of culture and society. In the period of the independent Georgian Democratic Republic (1918-1921), Geor­gian poetry had experienced freedom of artistic representati...