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Definition of Epic poetry
1. Noun. Poetry celebrating the deeds of some hero.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Epic Poetry
Literary usage of Epic poetry
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. English Epic and Heroic Poetry by William Macneile Dixon (1912)
"CHAPTER VI EPIC AND ROMANCE—CHAUCER ROMANCE entered as an element into the epic
poetry of Homer, it entered into Beowulf; we may regard it as one of ..."
2. The Influence of Milton on English Poetry by Raymond Dexter Havens (1922)
"... in this kind of writing are seen in Voltaire's Essay on epic poetry (1727,
... he was two years older; Glover published nine books of hi 176 epic poetry ..."
3. The Growth and Influence of Classical Greek Poetry: Lectures Delivered in by Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1894)
"... GREEK epic poetry EPIC poetry was the earliest, of a finished form, which the
Greeks created ; and it had definition of existed for a long period before ..."
4. A History of Literary Criticism in the Renaissance by Joel Elias Spingarn (1908)
"epic poetry The Elizabethan theory of heroic poetry may be dismissed briefly.
Webbe refers to the epic as " that princely part of poetry, ..."
5. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1909)
"... had the epic, it seems likely that Israel, too, had once epic poetry, and
reminiscences or suggestions of such a form are still found, though they are ..."
6. Elements of Criticism by Henry Home Kames (1807)
"They differ only in the manner of imitating : epic poetry employs narration ;
tragedy ... upon epic poetry. Others, affected with fub- ..."
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