Ukrainian Literature
Reading edition
Studies of the Leading Authors
By
CLARENCE A. MANNING
ACTING EXECUTIVE OFFICER DEPARTMENT OF EAST EUROPEAN LANGUAGES COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
With a Foreword
By
Professor Watson Kirkconnell
Ukrainian National Association Jersey City, N. J. 1944
Copyright, April 1944
BY
Professor Clarence A. Manning
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
NEW YORK, N. Y.
PRINTED IN U.S.A. BY HARMON PRINTING HOUSE POUGHKEEPSIE, N. Y.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Foreword 4
Introduction 5
The Background of Ukrainian Culture 7
Hrihori Skovoroda 17
Ivan Kotlyarevsky 23
Hrihori Kvitka-Osnovyanenko 34
Taras Shevchenko 41
Pantaleimon Kulish 56
Marko Vovchok 61
Ivan Levitsky-Nechuy 66
Changing Conditions 71
Ivan Franko 76
Lesya Ukrainka 89
Mikhaylo Kotsyubinsky 96
Vasil Stefanyk 103
Oles 112
After 1918 118
Bibliography 123