Shevchenko's myth by Oksana Zabuzhko and its critics

The book "Shevchenko's Myth of Ukraine". An Attempt at Philosophical Analysis" was first published in 1997 and had the effect of a bomb in Ukrainian literary studies — no less than "Field studies on Ukrainian sex" in literature. The author's method of interpreting classical texts scandalized the followers of the Great Kobzar canon, and the discussion quickly turned into a "battle for the shrine." Now, from a distance of twenty years, we offer the reader to look at this unique work in context — the attached selection of literary criticism and journalism reflects the controversy that raged after the first publication of the book.