“Great poetry is capable of dealing with erotic passion, but it has to be the very greatest to represent that deeper and more tortuous love -- more rooted, more absolute -- which we devote to our children, and which it is so hard to talk about.”
― Danube: A Sentimental Journey from the Source to the Black Sea
― Danube: A Sentimental Journey from the Source to the Black Sea
“April is the cruelest month, breeding
lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
memory and desire, stirring
dull roots with spring rain.”
― The Waste Land
lilacs out of the dead land, mixing
memory and desire, stirring
dull roots with spring rain.”
― The Waste Land
Ukrainian literature
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[EN] Ukrainian literature encompasses literature written in Ukrainian language. Unfortunately, even in the beginning of the 21st century, Ukrainian l ...more
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