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Literary notes about Prose (AI summary)

In literature, the word "prose" is employed to describe writing that eschews the structured meter of poetry in favor of a more straightforward narrative style, yet its usage is far from uniform. It appears in historical and critical contexts to denote both the form and its aesthetic qualities—as in accounts of early English chronicles [1, 2] and reflections on stylistic innovation where authors like Dryden and Walt Whitman championed its clarity and flexibility [3, 4]. Moreover, prose is often contrasted with poetic language to highlight differences in expression, whether in dramatic speeches [5] or in texts that blend narrative and poetic elements for creative effect [6, 7]. This multifaceted deployment underscores prose as not merely a mode of writing but as a dynamic tool for literary expression.
  1. Thoms, William J. Early English Prose Romances, with bibliographical and historical introductions.
    — from The Devil is an Ass by Ben Jonson
  2. The Chronicle was continued after Alfred's death, and is the best monument of early English prose that is left to us.
    — from English Literature by William J. Long
  3. The preface to the Fables is generally admired as an example of the new prose style developed by Dryden and his followers.
    — from English Literature by William J. Long
  4. my opinion the time has arrived to essentially break down the barriers of form between prose and poetry.
    — from Complete Prose Works by Walt Whitman
  5. The only other prose-speeches occur in the sleep-walking scene, and here the use of prose may seem strange.
    — from Shakespearean Tragedy: Lectures on Hamlet, Othello, King Lear, Macbeth by A. C. Bradley
  6. He who writes a new De Amicitia must find a niche for them, and praise them in Tusculan prose.
    — from De Profundis by Oscar Wilde
  7. But I made up this poem in prose and I remembered it.
    — from The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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