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Written in a prose/poetry form known as prosimetrum, she combines hadith with poetical imaginings.
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Written in a prose/poetry form known as prosimetrum, she combines hadith with poetical imaginings.
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Written in a prose/poetry form known as prosimetrum, she combines hadith with poetical imaginings.
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Written in a prose/poetry form known as prosimetrum, she combines hadith with poetical imaginings.
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Second, the genre Boethius chose for the Consolation, that of the prosimetrum or Menippean satire, was associated with works which ridicule the pretensions of authoritative claims to wisdom.
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius Marenbon, John 2005
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The Consolation of Philosophy, a prosimetrum (a prose work with verse interludes) which recounts, in polished literary language, an imagined dialogue between the prisoner Boethius and a lady who personifies Philosophy, contrasts with the rest of Boethius's oeuvre.
Anicius Manlius Severinus Boethius Marenbon, John 2005
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In this way the combination of different kinds of verse in the drama, and the prosimetrum of the Menippean satire and of
The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature Frank Frost Abbott 1892
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[85] On the origin of the _prosimetrum cf. _ Hirzel, _Der Dialog_, 381
The Common People of Ancient Rome Studies of Roman Life and Literature Frank Frost Abbott 1892
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5. UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH 1. The Consolation is itself written in alternating sections of prose and metrical verse a form known as “prosimetrum”.
In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011
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5. UNDER SENTENCE OF DEATH 1. The Consolation is itself written in alternating sections of prose and metrical verse a form known as “prosimetrum”.
In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011
Gammerstang commented on the word prosimetrum
A prosimetrum (plural prosimetra) is a poetic composition which exploits a combination of prose (prosa) and verse (metrum), in particular, it is a text composed in alternating segments of prose and verse. It is widely found in Western and Eastern literature.
July 30, 2018