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Definition of Heroicomic
1. a. Combining the heroic and the ludicrous; denoting high burlesque; as, a heroicomic poem.
Definition of Heroicomic
1. Adjective. (alternative form of heroicomical) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Heroicomic
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Heroicomic
Literary usage of Heroicomic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. German Literature: Translated from the German of Wolfgang Menzel by Wolfgang Menzel (1840)
"Thummel also drew his culture from England. In his first heroicomic poem ...
he imitated Pope's style of heroicomic poetry ; but he became a master of this ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... then made his acquaintance, and it was to amuse this king, they say, that
Krasicki wrote his " Monachomachia". In 1775 there appeared a heroicomic poem, ..."
3. A History of Nineteenth Century Literature (1780-1900) by George Saintsbury (1906)
"Earlier (1812) the heroicomic Anster Fair of William Tennant (1784-1848) received
very high and deserved no low praise; while William Thorn, a weaver like ..."
4. Ballad Criticism in Scandinavia and Great Britain During the Eighteenth Century by Sigurd Bernhard Hustvedt (1916)
"The first work of Holberg in which his views find clear expression is the heroicomic
poem of Peder Poors (1719). In this admirable piece of fooling he ..."
5. Our Sentimental Garden by Agnes Castle, Egerton Castle (1914)
"One was of those puzzling lines, in Boileau's heroicomic poem Le Lutrin, anent
the barber who . . . d'une main legere Tient vn verre de vin qui rit dans la ..."
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