Taras Shevchenko: A Portrait in Four Sittings

Taras Shevchenko (1814–1861) is almost universally viewed as the father of the modern Ukrainian nation and the icon of its cultural and political resurgence. George G. Grabowicz’s revisionist study examines the cult and myth that still envelop his legacy. The portrait that emerges shows a much more complex writer and artist than the icon intimates.