Ukrainian Literature Through the Ages

Prof. Shabliovsky's book does not claim to be an exhaustive study of all the aspects and developments in Ukrainian literature, but rather a collection of interpretative essays in which the author concentrates on the broad underlying trends in Ukrainian letters, moving from these to individual authors and their books, poems and plays. As he himself states the work is intended "to reveal the historical foundations of Ukrainian literature, to show what its most characteristic ideas and esthetic values are, and to define the essence and evaluation of its leading literary images". He also dwells on the distinctiveness and originality of Ukrainian writings, on the question of mutual cooperation and influence between Ukrainian and other Slavic literatures, particularly with Russian literature, and points out the specific and original contribution Ukrainian literature has made to world letters.The author has quoted extensively from the works of Ukrainian authors and literary scholars to illustrate his points, and has supplied a glossary of names mentioned in the book.His aim is to kindle the reader's interest and to invite him to make his own personal explorations in Ukrainian letters. In this respect Ukrainian Literature through the Ages will undoubtedly prove to be of value to both the student and the inquiring reader.Shabliovsky, Yevhen is the author of 'Ukrainian Literature Through the Ages', published 2001 under ISBN 9780898752007 and ISBN 0898752000.