The Kobzar of the Ukraine by Taras Shevchenko
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"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 | Shevchenko, Taras, 1814-1861 |
| Subject | Ukrainian poetry -- 19th century -- Translations into English |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 68486 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-68486-4 |
| Release Date | Jul 9, 2022 |
| Last Update | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 803 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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