Project Director
Jordan, Joseph P., 1976-
Department Examiner
Stuart, Christopher
Publisher
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Place of Publication
Chattanooga (Tenn.)
Abstract
In this essay, I argue that the presence of verse in a text initiates a mutually generative relationship between a text’s sonic and semantic qualities, and that critics’ tendency to praise great prose passages as “poetic” is a result of poetry’s historical connection to verse and the semantic elegance which said verse tends to inspire. I base this argument on Fredrich Nietzsche’s first book, The Birth of Tragedy, and explore, through it, various examples of prosimetrum - that is, works combining poetry and prose.
Acknowledgments
This document would never have been produced without the help of my mentor, Dr. Joseph Jordan, who has been, at once, kind, receptive, shrewd, and exacting; without him I would not have learned to write anything worth reading. I must also acknowledge and thank my parents, whose generosity has allowed me an education, my grandparents, whose bewildering interest in this thesis has given me the strength to finish it, and my girlfriend, sisters, cousins, aunts, and uncles, who have made life worth living in the meantime.
Degree
B. A.; An honors thesis submitted to the faculty of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Bachelor of Arts.
Date
8-2022
Subject
Poetics; Rhetoric
Name
Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm, 1844-1900--Criticism and interpretation
Discipline
English Language and Literature
Document Type
Theses
Extent
48 leaves
DCMI Type
Text
Language
English
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
License
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Recommended Citation
Rowe, Jackson, "Poetry, prose, and the loss of verse" (2022). Honors Theses.
https://scholar.utc.edu/honors-theses/384
Department
Dept. of English