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| A '''''prosimetrum''''' is a literary piece that is made up of alternating passages of ] and ]. | A '''''prosimetrum''''' is a literary piece that is made up of alternating passages of ] and ]. It is widely found in Western and Eastern literature.<ref name="pepp1115">Brogan, T.V.F. in Green, Roland et al. eds. ''The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics''. Princeton University Press, 2012. ISBN 9780691154916 p1115</ref> | ||
| ==Examples== | ==Examples== | ||
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| *'']''<ref>Heinrichs, Wolfhart. "Prosimetrical Genres in Classical Arabic Literature" in Harris, Joseph and Karl Reichl, eds. ''Prosimetrum: Crosscultural Perspectives on Narrative in Prose and Verse''. D. S. Brewer, 1997. | |||
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| *'']''<ref>Jones, Samuel et al. ''Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium, 24/25, 2004 and 2005''. Harvard University Press, 2009. ISBN 9780674035287 p87</ref> | |||
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| *] (1994). ''Verse with Prose from Petronius to Dante''. ISBN 0-674-93475-X | *] (1994). ''Verse with Prose from Petronius to Dante''. ISBN 0-674-93475-X | ||
| *Joseph Harris, Karl Reichl (1997). ''Prosimetrum: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Narrative in Prose and Verse''. ISBN 0-85991-475-5 | *Joseph Harris, Karl Reichl (1997). ''Prosimetrum: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Narrative in Prose and Verse''. ISBN 0-85991-475-5 | ||
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A prosimetrum is a literary piece that is made up of alternating passages of prose and poetry. It is widely found in Western and Eastern literature.
Examples
- De nuptiis Philologiae et Mercurii by Martianus Capella
- Consolation of Philosophy by Boethius
- Cosmographia by Bernard Silvestris
- De planctu naturae by Alain de Lille
- Aucassin et Nicolette
- Le Roman de Tristan en prose
- La Vita Nuova by Dante Alighieri
- Convivio by Dante Alighieri
- Gesta Danorum by Saxo Grammaticus
- Satyricon by Petronius
- The Kojiki
- Oku no Hosomichi by Matsuo Bashō
- One Thousand and One Nights
- Acallam na Senórach
- The Mahabharata
See also
Further reading
- Peter Dronke (1994). Verse with Prose from Petronius to Dante. ISBN 0-674-93475-X
- Joseph Harris, Karl Reichl (1997). Prosimetrum: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Narrative in Prose and Verse. ISBN 0-85991-475-5
Notes
- ^ Brogan, T.V.F. in Green, Roland et al. eds. The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics. Princeton University Press, 2012. ISBN 9780691154916 p1115
- Heinrichs, Wolfhart. "Prosimetrical Genres in Classical Arabic Literature" in Harris, Joseph and Karl Reichl, eds. Prosimetrum: Crosscultural Perspectives on Narrative in Prose and Verse. D. S. Brewer, 1997. ISBN 9780859914758 p249
- Jones, Samuel et al. Proceedings of the Harvard Celtic Colloquium, 24/25, 2004 and 2005. Harvard University Press, 2009. ISBN 9780674035287 p87
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