The Kobzar of the Ukraine by Taras Shevchenko

"The Kobzar of the Ukraine" by Taras Shevchenko is a collection of poems first published in 1840 in Saint Petersburg. This groundbreaking work introduced eight poems that would transform Shevchenko into a symbol of Ukrainian national and literary revival. The collection faced fierce tsarist censorship—banned, confiscated, and nearly destroyed after the poet's 1847 arrest. Despite persecution, copies survived through secret manuscript transcriptions, preserving these powerful verses that defined a nation's cultural identity and earned Shevchenko his enduring nickname: The Kobzar. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Author Shevchenko, Taras, 1814-1861
Translator Hunter, Alexander J. (Alexander Jardine), 1868-1940
LoC No. 60059549
Title The Kobzar of the Ukraine
Being select poems of Taras Shevchenko done into English verse with biographical fragments by Alexander Jardine Hunter
Original Publication Canada: Dr. A. J. Hunter,1922.
Note Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobzar_(poetry_collection)
Credits Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
Reading Level Reading ease score: 81.7 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Language English
LoC Class PG: Language and Literatures: Slavic (including Russian), Languages and Literature
Subject Ukrainian poetry -- Translations into English
Subject Shevchenko, Taras, 1814-1861
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EBook-No. 68486
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Most Recently Updated Oct 18, 2024
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
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