Ukrainian Futurism, 1914-1930: A Historical and Critical Study (Harvard Series in Ukrainian Studies) [Paperback]

Oleh S. Ilnytzkyj (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0916458598 | ISBN-13: 978-0916458591 | Publication Date: January 15, 1998

From its inception just before World War I to its demise during the Stalinist repression of Ukrainian culture in the 1930s, Ukrainian Futurism was much maligned and poorly understood. It has remained so into the late 20th century. Professor Oleh Ilnytzkyj seeks to rectify the misinterpretations surrounding the Futurists and their leader Mykhail' Semenko, providing the first major English-language monograph on this vibrant literary movement and its charismatic leader. This study places Ukrainian Futurism within the context of other major Ukrainian literary movements of the time and examines its relationship to Russian and West European Futurism; it also includes critical analyses of the major works of the leading figures within the Ukrainian movement.

Editorial Reviews

Review

[Ukrainian Futurism] will be a landmark in Ukrainian literary history since it offers, for the first time, a critical and historical analysis of this neglected subject. It will also receive high marks for meticulous research and balanced, well-argued conclusions. The best way of acquainting the Ukrainian reader with it would be to translate and publish [it] in Ukrainian, for it is very doubtful that a critical work of comparable acumen will be published any time soon...To read Ilnytzkyj's book is to savor the many strands of the rich Ukrainian cultural tapestry in the critical post-World War I epoch.
--George S. N. Luckyj (Slavic Review )

Ilnytzkyj's great achievement is to demonstrate that Semenko's followers were in fact part of the mainstream attempt in the first quarter of the century to transcend the rural basis of Ukrainian identity and create a new, vibrant and more 'modern' sense of self.
--Andrew Wilson (Slavic and East European Review [UK] )

About the Author

Oleh S. Ilnytzkyj is Associate Professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures at the University of Alberta.

Product Details

• Paperback: 413 pages
• Publisher: Ukrainian Research Institute of Harvard University (January 15, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0916458598
• ISBN-13: 978-0916458591
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,470,850 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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