Epick

Tehn we wud be having teh comedee insted ov teh fyn heroik Epick!

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Epick (1834) that the purpose of Alroy was 'the celebration of a gorgeous incident in the annals of that sacred and romantic people from whom I derive my blood and name'. 3

Schwarz 2 - Criticism - Critical Contexts 2002

Epick (1834) that the purpose of Alroy was ‘the celebration of a gorgeous incident in the annals of that sacred and romantic people from whom I derive my blood and name.’

Schwarz 1 - Criticism - Critical Contexts 1979

Sir Richard Blackmore drew the same parallel between science and criticism in his Essay upon Epick Poetry:

Dictionary of the History of Ideas A. OWEN ALDRIDGE 1968

Subtle, &c. Thus in the Epick and Tragick Poems, you draw the general

A Full Enquiry into the Nature of the Pastoral (1717) Thomas Purney

But there is nothing requires a greater Genius than to form Beautiful Compound Words in Epick

A Full Enquiry into the Nature of the Pastoral (1717) Thomas Purney

Poet excellent in all its Species thereof; some addicting themselves most to the _Epick_, some to the _Dramatick_, some to the _Lyrick_, other to the _Elegiack_, the _Epænitick_, the _Bucolick_, or the

The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets (1687) William Winstanley

Besides that in Epick Poetry the Descriptions are generally more necessary than in Pastoral.

A Full Enquiry into the Nature of the Pastoral (1717) Thomas Purney

In Epick Poetry 'tis absurd to make a Compound Word, unless it helps forward the Sence; and in Pastory, it must add to the Softness of the Dialect, and in some measure assist the Thought, yet it need not do it so much as in Epick

A Full Enquiry into the Nature of the Pastoral (1717) Thomas Purney

But these two give so sweet a variety to the same Piece, when they are artfully blended together, that a good Tragedy or Epick Poem can never tire.

A Full Enquiry into the Nature of the Pastoral (1717) Thomas Purney