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«Ad fontes! called in the early twentieth century the Ukrainian neoclassicist Mykola Zerov, whose statement can be taken as the motto of this book. It incorporates the work of Natalia Ksyondzyk, a literary critic, editor of the Smoloskyp Publishing House, and a researcher of classicism and social realism in literature.

This edition is an open and fascinating guide that leads the reader through the history of classicist literature from Greek and Roman sources through its heyday in the time of the French king Louis XIV, the era of Corneille and Racine, to its reception in the Russian Empire and separately in Ukraine.in Ukraine, which eventually led to the emergence of such powerful literary groups as the Neoclassics, the Prague School, and the MUR (Artistic Ukrainian Movement). You will also be able to get acquainted with the phenomenon of socialist realism in literature, learn about the unaesthetic theory of socialist realism, and find the answer to the question of why socialist realism was doomed to dissolution and disappearance from the very beginning. The last section is the author's journalistic work: selected reviews, articles, and prefaces to books.

The peculiarity of this edition is a lively and slender style, as well as a logically built systematic view that not only assesses the literary phenomenon, but also explores the political, social and cultural contexts that shaped literature. A must-read for students of the humanities, especially literary scholars, as well as anyone interested in the history of literature.