单词 | prose epic |
释义 | > as lemmasprose epic prose epic n. a long novel relating heroic deeds and adventures or covering an extended period of time. ΚΠ 1819 Examiner 28 Mar. 10/1 It [sc. the new ballet of Telemaque] is the story of Telemachus's love for Eucharis, over which the timid though amiable genius of Fenelon has thrown a coldness, like the binding of the school copies of his prose epic. 1869 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) III. xiv. 328 To turn from the glowing strains of the Norwegian prose epic. 1957 N. Frye Anat. Crit. iv. 314 Ulysses..is a complete prose epic. 2010 Vanity Fair June 86/1 The first installment of the Hitler prose epic, The Castle in the Forest, conceived as a Thomas Mann-ish seven-volume swan song. < as lemmas |
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