Ucrainica at Harvard
The Ukrainian Research Institute's 25th-Anniversary Exhibition at Houghton Library, Harvard University
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30-31. Hryhorii Kvitka-Osnov'ianenko (1778-1843)
Moscow: Lazarevykh, 1834, 1837 (2 vols.)
Malorossiiskiia poviesti
(Little Russian Stories)
Kvitka-Osnov'ianenko's prose typifies Ukrainian sentimentalism. His stories are often based on traditional themes, folk customs, and popular legends. They take the point of view of the common folk and show particular regard to ethnographic description.
Gift of Bayard L. Kilgour, Jr., 1953.