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Palimpsest: The Poetics of Medieval Latin Literature – Voskoboinikov Oleg – New Literary Review – 2026 – ISBN 978-5-4448-3038-3

Palimpsest: The Poetics of Medieval Latin Literature
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How was medieval thought structured, and how was it embodied in specific statements and literary images? In search of an answer to this question, Oleg Voskoboinikov examines the expressive means of Latin literature in Western Europe from the 8th to 14th centuries. Drawing on poetry and prose produced at royal courts, universities, cathedral schools, and monasteries, the author seeks to reveal a worldview of medieval man defined by, but not limited to, Christianity. To describe this, he divides his study into four parts: "Time," "World," "Man," and "Stealing Beauty." Each section combines broad historical and cultural panoramas with an analysis of the details of Latin texts, the structure of phrases, and the meanings of individual words. The book devotes particular attention to the difficulties of translating the meaning and form of medieval Latin discourse into Russian, as well as the underlying ideas about man's place in the world, God, and beauty. Oleg Voskoboinikov is a Doctor of Historical Sciences, a medievalist, and the scientific director of the Stradarium of the Suffering Middle Ages project.
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