Project Gutenberg 2022-07-09 Public domain in the USA. 236 Shevchenko, Taras 1814 1861 Шевченко, Тарас Григорович Hunter, Alexander J. (Alexander Jardine) 1868 1940 Hunter, Alexander Jardine Hunter, A. J. (Alexander Jardine) 60059549 The Kobzar of the Ukraine Being select poems of Taras Shevchenko done into English verse with biographical fragments by Alexander Jardine Hunter $aCanada :$bDr. A. J. Hunter,$c1922. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobzar_(poetry_collection) Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "The Kobzar of the Ukraine" by Taras Shevchenko is a collection of select poems reflecting the struggles of Ukraine's serfs and their yearning for freedom, likely written in the mid-19th century. This work captures the voice of a downtrodden people through lyrical narratives that honor their history, culture, and suffering, with themes of love, nature, and social injustice woven throughout. Shevchenko, the primary figure, serves as both poet and passionate advocate for his nation's liberation. At the start of the collection, the tone is set with an introductory note from the translator, Alexander Jardine Hunter, which emphasizes the significance of Shevchenko’s work in awakening national consciousness among Ukrainians. The poems themselves delve into various genres, including ballads and social commentary, depicting the lives and aspirations of characters who grapple with oppression and the search for identity. The opening poem, "The Monk," showcases a Cossack warrior reflecting on his past and the heaviness of his sins, thus establishing the melancholic yet hopeful spirit of Shevchenko's poetry, hinting at the larger themes of redemption and a collective memory deeply rooted in Ukrainian history. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/kobzarofukraineb00shev_0/page/n3/mode/2up 20220312090223shevchenko 1922 CA Reading ease score: 81.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Ukrainian poetry -- Translations into English Shevchenko, Taras, 1814-1861 PG Text Category: Poetry 256639 2025-06-27T07:11:36.518379 text/html 221125 2024-10-18T23:18:36 text/html 2108442 2025-06-27T07:11:49.234337 application/epub+zip 2148462 2025-06-27T07:11:40.566333 application/epub+zip 171902 2025-06-27T07:11:38.273382 application/epub+zip 2836056 2025-06-27T07:11:54.101300 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2781682 2025-06-27T07:11:47.127332 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 211215 2022-09-30T20:15:36.179582 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 127152 2025-06-27T07:11:34.854353 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 107124 2024-10-18T23:18:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19069 2025-06-27T07:11:54.285276 application/rdf+xml 21783 2025-06-27T07:11:38.402369 image/jpeg 3330 2025-06-27T07:11:38.339338 image/jpeg 1967277 2025-06-27T07:11:36.662370 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog ru.wikipedia uk.wikipedia en.wikipedia