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<article article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.3" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xml:lang="ru"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">voplit</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="ru">Вопросы литературы</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>Voprosy literatury</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn pub-type="ppub">0042-8795</issn><publisher><publisher-name>Avtonomnaja nekommercheskaja organizacija Redakcija zhurnala kritiki i literaturovedenija «Voprosy literatury»</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.31425/0042-8795-2026-1-168-175</article-id><article-id custom-type="elpub" pub-id-type="custom">voplit-884</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>ПУБЛИКАЦИИ. ВОСПОМИНАНИЯ. СООБЩЕНИЯ</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="section-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>PUBLICATIONS. MEMOIRS. REPORTS</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title>О «спирали» и «вечном возвращении»:  неопубликованное письмо  А. Лосева</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="en"><trans-title>On ‘spiral’ and ‘eternal recurrence:’ a hitherto unpublished letter by A. Losev</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Глушаков</surname><given-names>П. С.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Glushakov</surname><given-names>P. S.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Павел Сергеевич Глушаков доктор филологических наук, независимый исследователь</p><p>129406, г. Москва, Б. Гнездниковский пер., д. 10;  </p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Pavel S. Glushakov, Doctor of Philology independent researcher </p><p>10 Bolshoy Gnezdnikovsky Ln., Moscow, 125375</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">pavel.glushakov@gmail.com</email></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Дмитриев</surname><given-names>А. П.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Dmitriev</surname><given-names>A. P.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Андрей Петрович Дмитриев доктор филологических наук</p><p>199034, г. Санкт-Петербург, наб. Макарова, д. 4</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Andrey P. Dmitriev Doctor of Philology</p><p>4 Makarov Emb., St. Petersburg, 199034</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">apdspb@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-2"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>Институт русской литературы (Пушкинский Дом) Российской академии наук</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>Institute of Russian Literature (the Pushkin House)  &#13;
of the Russian Academy of Sciences</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2026</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>02</day><month>03</month><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>1</volume><issue>1</issue><fpage>168</fpage><lpage>175</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Avtonomnaja nekommercheskaja organizacija Redakcija zhurnala kritiki i literaturovedenija «Voprosy literatury», 2026</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2026</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Avtonomnaja nekommercheskaja organizacija Redakcija zhurnala kritiki i literaturovedenija «Voprosy literatury»</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Avtonomnaja nekommercheskaja organizacija Redakcija zhurnala kritiki i literaturovedenija «Voprosy literatury»</copyright-holder><license xlink:href="https://www.voplit.com/jour/about/submissions#copyrightNotice" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>https://www.voplit.com/jour/about/submissions#copyrightNotice</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://www.voplit.com/jour/article/view/884">https://www.voplit.com/jour/article/view/884</self-uri><abstract><p>Публикация неизвестного письма философа А. Лосева к литературоведу Д. Максимову. В письме раскрываются понятия «спирали» и «вечного возвращения», которые были необходимы историку литературы для работы над изучением поэтики А. Блока. Эти философские понятия были подробно рассмотрены в статьях Максимова и его монографии «Поэзия и проза Ал. Блока», поэтому значимость публикуемого письма не ограничивается только личной перепиской, а становится фактом истории науки.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The paper contains a hitherto unpublished letter written by A. Losev  to D. Maksimov, an Alexander Blok scholar, in 1975. The epistle comes as  a reply to Maksimov’s inquiry about the philosophical origins of two of Blok’s concepts: the idea of the ‘spiral-shaped’ path of his artistic journey and that of ‘eternal recurrence.’ The latter features prominently in Maksimov’s monograph Blok’s Poetry and Prose [Poeziya i proza Al. Bloka] (1975). The concept of the ‘spiral-shaped’ trajectory is considered in his article, On the Spiral-Shaped Path of Evolution in Literature (Towards the Study of A. Blok’s Evolution) [O spiraleobraznykh formakh razvitiya literatury (K voprosu ob evolyutsii A. Bloka)] (1976). A comparison between Maksimov’s article and Losev’s letter included in this publication shows how the literary critic builds up on Losev’s suggestions and criticisms. Losev also emphasizes the importance of antique remini scences, but his detailed explanation of this point remains largely unaddressed by Maksimov.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>А. Лосев</kwd><kwd>Д. Максимов</kwd><kwd>А. Блок</kwd><kwd>«спираль»</kwd><kwd>«вечное возвращение»</kwd><kwd>переписка</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>A. Losev</kwd><kwd>D. Maksimov</kwd><kwd>A. 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