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On 3/3/07 20:50, "Nabokv-L" <nabokv-l@UTK.EDU> wrote:
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> Subject: Re: [NABOKV-L] E. Darwin's poem: CHW to JF
> Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2007 15:06:48 +0100 (CET)
> From: soloviev@irit.fr
> To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
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> Dear Charles,
>
> //snipski
> The aim of this posting is not to discuss the poetic quality of the PF,
> but to ask, what other
> works containing important parts written in verse and in prose we could
> compare with PF? And how the quality of verse part (seen as poetry)
> influenced the quality of the whole?
>
> Dear List: depending on how you define work¹ and authorship,¹ one that
> springs to mind is the Hebrew Bible, although the format of the majestic KJV
> does not always indicate which parts were poetic¹ in the original. Note how
> inappropriate it has become to use the adjective prosaic¹ when wanting to
> contrast prose with poetry.
>
> A recent TIMEs editorial discussing the TOP TEN BEST BOOKS OF ALL TIME
> lamented that the Bible came in well behind Lolita.¹
>
> skb 41-7
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> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [NABOKV-L] E. Darwin's poem: CHW to JF
> Date: Sat, 03 Mar 2007 15:06:48 +0100 (CET)
> From: soloviev@irit.fr
> To: Vladimir Nabokov Forum <NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> <mailto:NABOKV-L@LISTSERV.UCSB.EDU>
> References: <bf8.11ad0b64.3319e392@aol.com>
> <mailto:bf8.11ad0b64.3319e392@aol.com>
> Dear Charles,
>
> //snipski
> The aim of this posting is not to discuss the poetic quality of the PF,
> but to ask, what other
> works containing important parts written in verse and in prose we could
> compare with PF? And how the quality of verse part (seen as poetry)
> influenced the quality of the whole?
>
> Dear List: depending on how you define work¹ and authorship,¹ one that
> springs to mind is the Hebrew Bible, although the format of the majestic KJV
> does not always indicate which parts were poetic¹ in the original. Note how
> inappropriate it has become to use the adjective prosaic¹ when wanting to
> contrast prose with poetry.
>
> A recent TIMEs editorial discussing the TOP TEN BEST BOOKS OF ALL TIME
> lamented that the Bible came in well behind Lolita.¹
>
> skb 41-7
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