«Oxymoron»

Description

This volume brings together literary research, critical studies, and essays written between 1990 and 2019 by the renowned literary scholar and critic Volodymyr Morenets. The primary focus is Ukrainian poetry of the 20th and early 21st centuries—its stylistic nuances, genre diversity, and technical aspects of versification, as well as a broad range of philosophical, aesthetic, and humanistic issues. The work also contains the author’s reflections—at times deeply impassioned—on pressing matters concerning our history and the present day, such as the relationship between literature and ideology, literature and national-cultural identity, and the question of artistic engagement.
The author’s erudition, breadth of vision, distinctive mode of argumentation, and emotional intensity will undoubtedly resonate with the reader.