Romanticism in Literature

Romanticism flew over European literature to create a new stage in the history of European and World literature. Romanticism was able to initiate literary processes in many European and non-European countries. However, the common-aesthetic boundaries, characteristic of Romanticism, were always considerably corrected by the real historical boundaries (Herder), which, above all, implied the peculiarities of the national space, specific historical, cultural and linguistic manifestations. Georgian literature was valuably included in this process. The poetry of prominent Georgian Romantic poet Nikoloz Baratashvili not only reflects essential aesthetic principles characteristic of European and World Romanticism but combines them with the idea of national self-awareness and traditions, which expands the geographic map of Romanticism in the direction of the Georgian national literary model. Presented book is a selection of papers, which were presented at the International Symposium dedicated to the issues of Romanticism and involvement of Georgian literature in this process.