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Lo strano caso del prosimetro dello Pseudo Sermini

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Abstract

This paper analyses some aspects of the Novelle ascribed to Gentile Sermini to assess whether this manifestly unsystematic work can be inscribed in the literary tradition of the prosimetrum. The collection includes both prose and verse composition, which appear to be unevenly distributed. However, closer scrutiny of the text demonstrates that Sermini uses two different rhetorical modes interchangeably to narrate the main themes of the collection. Finally, we illustrate some examples of resonances between poetry and prose: these connections focus on the aforementioned themes, thus helping to create a cohesive prosimetrum formed of two complementary souls.


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Submitted: March 6, 2024 | Accepted: March 25, 2024 | Published July 17, 2024 | Language: it

Keywords Love • Lout • Sex • Good governance • Novella • Siena

Copyright © 2024 Monica Marchi. This is an open-access work distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction is permitted, provided that the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. The license allows for commercial use. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

Permalink http://doi.org/10.30687/978-88-6969-821-7/008


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