Uchebnoe posobie T. F. Volkovoy otrazhaet issledovaniya avtora i studentov-filologov Syktyvkarskogo universiteta – uchastnikov ee nauchnogo seminara, posvyashchennye tvorchestvu zamechatel"nogo knizhnika iz chisla pechorskikh krest"yan-staroobryadtsev I. S. Myandina (1823–1894), obladavshego nezauryadnymi literaturnymi sposobnostyami, pozvolivshimi emu po-svoemu osmyslit" obrazy i syuzhety ryada drevnerusskikh povestey. V posobii privedeny teksty myandinskikh redaktsiy, soderzhitsya istoriograficheskiy obzor predshestvuyushchikh issledovaniy o I. S. Myandine i kharakteristika Nizhney Pechory kak unikal"nogo staroobryadcheskogo tsentra knizhnoy kul"tury. Kniga predstavlyaet interes kak dlya issledovateley staroobryadcheskoy knizhnoy kul"tury, tak i dlya vsekh interesuyushchikhsya sud"boy drevnerusskoy literatury za predelami Srednevekov"ya.