Prosimetrum: Crosscultural Perspectives on Narrative in Prose and Verse

The nature of verse and its consequences for the mixed form, Kristin Hanson and Paul Kiparsky the prosimetrum in the classical tradition, Jan Ziolkowski "Aucassin et Nicolette" and the mixed forms in medieval French, Ardis Butterfield prosimetrum in insular Celtic literature, Proinsias MacCana the prosimetrum of Icelandic saga and some relatives, Joseph Harris hybrid forms in German Romanticism, Judith Ryan the "Cante Fable" in occidental folk narrative, W. F. H. Nicolaisen the African challenge, Lee Haring the "Orientalization" of prosimetrum - prosimetrum in biblical and ancient Near Eastern literature, Steven Weitzman prosimetrical genres in classical Arabic literature, Wolfhart Heinrichs prosimetrum in 19th- and 20th-century Arabic literature, Dwight Reynolds mixed prose and verse in medieval Persian literature, Julie Scott Meisami the mixture of verse and prose in Turkic oral epic poetry, Karl Reichl from verse epic to prosimetrum in recent Mongolian oral literature, Walter Heissig the prosimetric form in the Chinese literary tradition, Victor H. Mair Sarama and the Panis - origins of prosimetric exchange in Archaic India, Michael Witzel combinations of poetry and prose in classical Japanese narrative, Helen Craig McCullough.