Title Faces of displacement : the writings of Volodymyr Vynnychenko / Mykola Soroka

Published Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2012 (Beaconsfield, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2012)

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Description 1 online resource (xx, 242 pages) : illustrations, digital file Contents pt. 1. First displacement, 1907-1951 -- pt. 2. Second displacement, 1920-1951 Summary "Whom do our people read? Vynnychenko. Whom do people talk about if it concerns literature? Vynnychenko. Whom do they buy? Again, Vynnychenko." So wrote Mykhailo Kotsiubynsky about the young Volodymyr Vynnychenko. An innovative and provocative writer, Vynnychenko was also a charismatic revolutionary and politician who responded to the dramatic upheavals of the first half of the twentieth century by challenging old values and bringing forward new ideas about human relationships. Despite his inseparable association with Ukraine, what is often overlooked is the fact that Vynnychenko wrote the majority of his works outside his native land following his flight from Tsarist and Soviet tyranny. In this ground-breaking study, Mykola Soroka draws on contemporary theories of displacement to show how Vynnychenko's expatriate status determined his worldview, his choice of literary devices, and his attitudes toward his homeland and hostlands. Soroka considers concepts of identity to study the intertwined experiences of the writer - as an exile, émigré, expatriate, traveler, and nomad - and to demonstrate how these experiences invigorated his art and left a lasting impact on his work. The first book-length study in English on Volodymyr Vynnychenko, Faces of Displacement is an insightful examination of an exiled writer that sheds new light on the challenges faced by the displaced Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index Notes English Subject Vynnychenko, Volodymyr Kyrylovych, 1880-1951 -- Criticism and interpretation Vynnychenko, Volodymyr Kyrylovych, 1880-1951 -- Exile Vynnychenko, Volodymyr Kyrylovych, 1880-1951 -- Travel SUBJECT Vynnychenko, Volodymyr Kyrylovych, 1880-1951 fast Subject Exile (Punishment) in literature. Emigration and immigration in literature. Travel in literature. Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature. Politics in literature. LITERARY CRITICISM -- Russian & Former Soviet Union. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary. Emigration and immigration in literature Exile (Punishment) Exile (Punishment) in literature Identity (Philosophical concept) in literature Literature Politics in literature Travel Travel in literature SUBJECT Ukraine -- In literature Subject Ukraine Genre/Form Criticism, interpretation, etc. Form Electronic book LC no. 2012462674 ISBN 9780773587670 0773587675 9780773540378 0773540377 1283834863 9781283834865

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