This book traces the development of Modern Standard Ukrainian in relation to the political, legal, and cultural conditions within each region. It examines the relation of the standard language to underlying dialects, the ways in which the standard language was enriched, and the complex struggle for the unity of the language.

A survey of the main literary trends of Ukraine, its chief authors, and their works, as seen against the historical background of the present century. Luckyj (Slavic studies emeritus, U. of Toronto) provides information about literary developments both in Ukraine and in the Ukrainian diaspora. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Valuable both for its scholarly critique and memoiristic accounts of life on the ground in the late 1930s, Carpatho-Ukraine in the Twentieth Century offers new documentary evidence never before available in English about the crucial events leading up to and during World War II.

Valuable both for its scholarly critique and memoiristic accounts of life on the ground in the late 1930s, Carpatho-Ukraine in the Twentieth Century offers new documentary evidence never before available in English about the crucial events leading up to and during World War II.