The Poems from On the Consolation of Philosophy Alice Oswald from women’s voices “hibernating in

from women’s voices “hibernating in documents

As in the singularity of a black hole

The Awful Truth draws with wry seriousness on psychoanalytic theory

oorlogen en kruistochten

as often touchingly innocent as he is monstrously cruel

The Poems from On the Consolation of Philosophy Alice Oswald from women’s voices “hibernating inBoethius Boethius' ancient Latin classic has been translated into every stage of the English language, from Old to Middle to Modern, and Peter Glassgold's collaged renderings of the poems reflect its history as much as they make it new. Since Boethius (480 524 C. E.) wrote his On the Consolation of Philosophy imprisoned and in chains, he has been regarded as a consummate martyr of conscience who, fallen from political grace, rose above his personal