Ucrainica. Cultural Studies Essays (in Ukrainian)

In the essays and reports of his cultural studies books From Semi-Asia (1876) and From the Don to the Danube (1878), Ukrainian topoi and images are depicted with great sympathy. The beauty and richness of Ukrainian folk thoughts and songs are shown, heroic and tragic pages of Ukrainian history and the main stages of the development of Ukrainian literature are recreated, and the uniqueness of Taras Shevchenko’s personal fate and the greatness of his poetry are reflected. Written with unparalleled stylistic brilliance, K. E. Franzos’s cultural essays on Ukrainian themes remain undeniably relevant to this day.