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With these essays, the Ukrainian Studies community worldwide wishes to celebrate Marko Pavlyshyn on his 65th birthday. The many periods and texts analyzed reflect the multifariousness of Marko’s scholarship and the interest in literature as an instrument of social communication that he shares with the authors of this book.

Alessandro Achilli is Lecturer in Ukrainian Studies at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. His main research interests are in the field of modern and contemporary Ukrainian literature, with particular attention to poetry. He is the author of a monograph on Vasyl' Stus (Florence 2018).Yekelchyk Serhy :

Serhy Yekelchyk is Professor of Slavic Studies and History at the University of Victoria and current president of the Canadian Association for Ukrainian Studies. He is the author of seven books on Ukrainian history and culture with a special focus on identity construction during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.Yesypenko Dmytro :

Dmytro Yesypenko is a researcher at the Taras Shevchenko Institute of Literature of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. The area of his specialization and interests includes issues of textual scholarship and scholarly editing (digital editing as well), book history, and the Ukrainian literary process of the nineteenth – early twentieth centuries.

Alessandro Achilli is Lecturer in Ukrainian Studies at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. His main research interests are in the field of modern and contemporary Ukrainian literature, with particular attention to poetry. He is the author of a monograph on Vasyl' Stus (Florence 2018).

Dmytro Yesypenko is a researcher at the Taras Shevchenko Institute of Literature of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine. The area of his specialization and interests includes issues of textual scholarship and scholarly editing (digital editing as well), book history, and the Ukrainian literary process of the nineteenth – early twentieth centuries.

Serhy Yekelchyk is Professor of Slavic Studies and History at the University of Victoria and current president of the Canadian Association for Ukrainian Studies. He is the author of seven books on Ukrainian history and culture with a special focus on identity construction during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.

“Thanks to the efforts of the volume’s three editors … we all are fortunate enough to have this superb collection covering a truly wide range of topics and interests in the fields of Ukraine-related literary studies, history, and, generally speaking, the humanities. In addition to being a special gift for the honoree, these essays demonstrate rather compellingly what happens in the field of Ukrainian studies now. … Owing to the determined efforts of the editors, this volume will be specifically beneficial for any academic institutions, research institutions, or universities that have interests in Eastern Europe and, specifically, in Ukraine.”

—Ostap Kin, Kyiv-Mohyla Humanities Journal

“This volume is a remarkable achievement and a resounding statement of the richness and diversity of Ukrainian studies today. Containing contributions not only from Ukraine but from all corners of the globe, the collection’s scope is quite breathtaking: from the baroque to the post-modern, from innovative postcolonial readings and intriguing comparative perspectives to exhaustive historical studies, from language politics to poetry and historiography—few stones are left unturned in this comprehensive journey through the landscape of Ukrainian culture in its historical and contemporary contexts. Only a book of such scope and quality could be a fitting tribute to Marko Pavlyshyn, whose work has defined the study of Ukrainian literature for decades, and without whom much of the work in this volume would not have been possible.” —Uilleam Blacker, Lecturer in the Comparative Culture of Russia and Eastern Europe, University College London