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Chasing the Elusive Bird: The Life of Hryhoriy Skovoroda

by Leonid Ushkalov

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Based on numerous sources, Leonid Ushkalov presents a biography of the Ukrainian philosopher and theologist Hryhoriy Skovoroda (1722–1794). However, this is not just a biography of an outstanding man. Here we have a vivid image of Ukraine in the 18th century. Eleven chapters of the book depicting Skovoroda’s life are framed by two special chapters - Prelude and Finale, which are designed to further develop the philosopher’s biography and to show his paramount role in the development of Ukrainian philosophy.

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Author Biography

Leonid Ushkalov (1956-2019) was a Ukrainian literary critic and writer, PhD in Philology, Professor. Ushkalov authored more than two dozen books, including "Essays on the Philosophy of Hryhoriy Skovoroda" (Kharkiv, 1993), "The World of Ukrainian Baroque" (Kharkiv, 1994), "Hryhoriy Skovoroda and Ancient Culture" (Kharkiv, 1997), "On the History of Ukrainian Literature in XVII – XVIII centuries ”(Kharkiv, 1999),“ Ukrainian Baroque Theology ”(Kharkiv, 2001),“ Hryhoriy Skovoroda: Seminary ”(Kharkiv, 2004),“ Essays on the Ukrainian Baroque ”(Kyiv, 2006),“ Skovoroda and others ”(Kyiv, 2007),“ Taras Shevchenko ”(Kharkiv, 2009),“ From Baroque to Postmodern ”(Kyiv, 2011),“ Realism is an Eschatology: Panas Myrnyi ”(Kharkiv, 2012),“ Hryhoriy Kvitka-Osnovianenko" (Kharkiv, 2012), "My Shevchenko Encyclopedia" (Kharkiv; Edmonton; Toronto, 2014), "Skovoroda, Shevchenko, Feminism..." (Kharkiv, 2014), "Literature and Philosophy: The Age of the Ukrainian Baroque" (Kharkiv, 2014), “What is Ukrainian literature” (Lviv, 2015), “Ukraine and Europe” (Kharkiv, 2016).

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Bibliographic Information

  • Publisher Chasopys Dukh i Litera
  • Publication Date 2017
  • Orginal LanguageUkrainian
  • ISBN/Identifier 9789663785547
  • Publication Country or regionUkraine
  • Pages368
  • ReadershipGeneral
  • Publish StatusPublished
  • Original Language TitleЛовитва невловного птаха: життя Григорія Сковороди
  • Original Language AuthorsУшкалов Леонід

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