Levichev I. M.A. Voloshyn's early creative activity as the stage of idea-philosophical search

The thesis is devoted to the problem of formation M. Voloshyn's creative personality, philosophic-artistic peculiarities of his poetical heritage of the early stage of his creative activity (1905 - 1910). The thesis is the first attempt to investigate poetic activity of M. Voloshyn through the context of his philosophic search which is shown in dynamics of the writer's evolution. The thesis is concerned with the facts of Voloshyn's biography which are significant for the analysis of his poetical heritage. The author comes to the conclusion that A.R. Mintzlova influenced greatly on Voloshyn's outlook. She promoted Voloshyn's way to theosophy and antroposophy. Analysing Voloshyn's poetics of the basic themes on the early stage of his creative activity the author comes to the conclusion that theosophical and antroposophical ideas which appeared for the first time in "The Wormwood Star", reflect radical turn in the poet's outlook.