Vol. 2 No. 4: December 2023 CJMS

It does not seem possible that another year is ending! In this final issue of the year, we have a combination of regular contributors and several new authors. Professor Edward Raupp reflects on Lucifer’s decision to rebel against God in Paradise Lost; was that a wise decision? In addition, we continue the serialization of Ares: A Poem, Books II and III. We also have two new sections of the journal. In REVIEWS, Dr. Raupp has reviewed Modern Georgia: Poetry and Prose. In RESEARCH RESOURCES he has compiled a list of electronic artificial intelligence resources. We are pleased to offer an article by a second-year Master’s candidate at Gori State University, Natia Tatrishvili. She writes about the patriarchal attitudes toward the role of women in Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew in the 16th century and observes that some of the same attitudes are still found in the traditional Georgian society. Time for a change? Eter Churadze gives us three translations. The first is from English to Georgian, the poem by Edgar Allan Poe, Eldorado. This reminds me that in the first issue of our journal, Eter contributed an interesting article about this poem. Her two other translations are from Georgian to English, two untitled poems by Shota Nishnianidze, a Georgian Soviet poet writing in the genre of Socialist Realism. We are pleased to include two translations from English to Georgian of works by John Milton. Lela Ebralidze gives us Sonnet to the Nightingale; Nino Kvitsinadze’s contribution is Song on May Morning, both written in 1632-1633. We present two more poems submitted to a competition of The Milton Society of Africa. Muhammad Auwal Ibrahim is a multi-award-winning investigative journalist. He writes movingly of the devastation of his country, their society, their spirit. Wellington Ngowu, in a similar vein, writes of a battered and polluted place, and the woes of his people in his homeland of the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. Our final poem is another from Nino Pepanashvili, which tells the story of a hopeless love.

To make the final publication of our second year even sweeter, I am pleased to welcome Nino Kvitsinadze as the Associate Editor for our journal. As a native Georgian who is fluent in English and a skilled translator, Nino will be a valuable asset for our publication. Welcome, Nino!.

Our sincerest thanks to all the contributors to our journal; you are much appreciated.

Warm regards,
Danna Raupp
Editor-in-Chief