Невідома повість з української історії Бориса Грінченка

Abstract

The Unknown Borys Hrinchenko’s Novel on Ukrainian History. The unfinished novel by Ukrainian writer Borys Hrinchenko about the 17th century has just been published for the first time. Literary critics have never directly mentioned this literary text. The article examines the history of the creation of the novel; in particular, the circumstances that prevented the author from finishing it. Special attention is paid to the originality of the work, the displaying of the events through the eyes of a woman, a Polish noble lady. The article also traces similarities in the representation of private and public conflicts caused by social and issues found in Hrinchenko’s novel and Mykola Kostomarov’s drama Pereyaslav’ska Nich (Pereyaslav night) and Panteleimon Kulish’s novel Chorna Rada (The Black Council).