MLY.G.SHADES@MIT-OZ (07/05/85)
From: shades <MLY.G.SHADES%MIT-OZ@MIT-MC.ARPA>
i have been avoiding the this entire issue of tucker versus
the rest of world however i do wish to make one small point. tom de
bellis is correct in that the divine comedy is not a novel. it was
and is an epic poem. the genesis of the 'modern novel' does stem from
don quixote. it was the first *prose* fiction piece. if you read it
in the original you will find where he lapses back to the traditional
poetic format rather than having it as a straight prose piece.
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