From the Bible to Shakespeare

Andrii Danylenko is a well-known Slavists who edited and authored several books on Slavic linguistics and philology as well as dozens of studies on a wide array of topics ranging from Indo-European to literary Ukrainian. He is an editorial Board member of several publications and a reviewer for numerous publications and programs in North America, Europe, and Japan.

"This is a well-researched, meticulous and erudite analysis that offers a wealth of information on the development of literary Ukrainian and Kulish’s lasting contribution to the effort. It is a remarkable achievement and a welcome contribution to Ukrainian studies." - Slavonic & East European Review (95.3)"A profound study that offers an insight into a complex process of the development of language, embracing the formation of the literary and the national. - New Books Network

• Acknowledgements AbbreviationsIntroduction: Writing a Linguistic Biography of a Ukrainian MaverickPart I: The BibleChapter 1: Exploring PsalmodyThe Book of PsalmsAlexandrine Verse or Trochaic Foot?Invoking Gavrila DeržavinChurch Slavonicisms“Kulišisms”Xarkiv Chimes InThe 1897 Poetic CrowningChapter 2: The Makings of the Rusian BibleA Pentateuch ProlusionGearing Up for New Challenges“Poison and Ruin for the Rusian People”“The Labor Pangs of a Unified Ukrainian Literary Language”Reception of the TranslationThe Sloboda BulwarkThe Archangel HavryloWho Else Bears a Grudge?The Creation of the New Biblical StyleMeans of ArchaizationMeans of VernacularizationChapter 3: Galicia “Writes Back”The West or the East?Fostering “Rusian Church Vernacular”Any Palliative Solution?Lost in DiacriticsTo “Secularize” or “Synthesize”?Chapter 4: Here Comes the Bible!The Holy Writ Doesn’t BurnTobit and JobAt the Crossroads of Poetry and ProseIvan Nečuj-Levyc´kyj Takes It PersonallyThe Pranks of Ivan FrankoIvan Puljuj Makes His RiposteHow Should It Sound?How to String Words?How to Choose Words?How to Spell Words?Ivan Nečuj-Levyc´kyj Is Shuffled BackstageInterpreting Hebrew PoetryThe Book of JobLamentationsThe Song of SongsThe Versified BibleSummaryPart II: ShakespeareChapter 5: “Oh, Shakespeare, Our Father, Native to All Peoples”Ethics Avant la Lettre!Bringing Forth the “Ukrainian Shakespeare”The First (Over)ReactionThe Language of the “Ukrainian Shakespeare”On the Threshold of a New Secular High StyleChapter 6: Expanding the Literary Canon of the “Ukrainian Shakespeare”The First Step Is the Hardest?“Huculia Did Not Appear; Rather Shakespeare Was Merely Hidden”Hamlet or Hamljet? That Is the QuestionHamlet in Peasant Leather ShoesThe Younger Generation Steps to the Fore“We Are All Peasants Today”One or Multiple Homesteads?Conclusion: Detours Offered But Never TakenBibliographyIndicesGeographical and Personal NamesSubjects and Titles of Literary Works and TranslationsWord-forms