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-In its strict use by literary critics, the term <b>epic</b> or <b>heroic poem</b> is applied to a work that meets at least the following criteria: it is a long narrative poem an a great and serious subject, related in an elevated style, and centered on a heroic or quasi-divine figure on whose actions depends the fate of a tribe, a nation, or the human race. The "traditional epics" (also called "primary epics" or "folk epics") were shaped by a literary artist from historical and legendary materials which had developed in the oral traditions of his nation during a period of expansion and warfare. To this group are ascribed the <i>Iliad</i> and <i>Odyssey</i> of the Greek [[Homer]], and the Anglo-Saxon epic <i>Beowulf</i>.
+[[File:Charles Meynier - Calliope, Muse of Epic Poetry - 2003.6.4 - Cleveland Museum of Art.tiff|Charles Meynier, ''Calliope, Muse of Epic Poetry''|thumb]]
+An '''epic''', or '''heroic''', is a long narrative poem told in a formal style about a serious subject that relates to the a specific national identity.{{sfn|Abrams|2005|p=81}}
-[http://humx.org/epic_poetry Read more . . .]
+==History==
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+==Conventions==
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-[[Literary Terms]]
+==Characteristics==
+. . .
-[[Category:Literature]][[Category:World Literature]][[Category:Literary Terms]]
+==Resources==
+* [[w:Epic poetry|Epic poetry]] on Wikipedia.
+==Citations==
+{{Reflist|15em}}
+==Bibliography==
+{{refbegin|indent=yes|30em}}
+* {{cite book |last=Abrams |first=M. H. |date=2005 |chapter=Epic |title=A Glossary of Literary Terms |url= |location=Boston, MA |publisher=Thomson, Wadsworth |pages=81–84 |author-link= }}
+* {{cite book |last=Cuddon |first=J. A. |date=1979 |title=A Dictionary of Literary Terms |url= |location=London |publisher=Penguin }}
+* {{cite book |last1=Frye |first1=Northrup |last2=Baker |first2=Sheridan |last3=Perkins |first3=George |last4=Perkins |first4=Barbara M. |date=1997 |title=The Harper Handbook to Literature |url= |location=New York |publisher=Longman }}
+* {{cite book |last=Frye |first=Northrup |author-mask=1 |date=2015 |orig-year=1957 |title=Anatomy of Criticism |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jmkZBgAAQBAJ |location=Princeton, NJ |publisher=Princeton University Press }}
+* {{cite book |last1=Harmon |first=William |last2=Holman |first2=Hugh |date=2003 |title=A Handbook to Literature |edition=Nineth |url= |location=Upper Saddle River, NJ |publisher=Prentice Hall }}
+* {{cite book |last=Hexter |first=Ralph |date=1993 |title=A Guide to the Odyssey |url= |location=New York |publisher=Vintage }}
+* {{cite book |editor-last=McArthur |editor-first=Tom |date=1992 |chapter=Epic |title=The Oxford Companion to the English Language |url= |location=Oxford |publisher=Oxford UP |page=376 |isbn=|author-link= }}
+* {{cite book |last=Parrander |first=Patrick |date=1980 |chapter=Science Fiction as Epic |title=Science Fiction: Its Criticism and Teaching |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PZsOAAAAQAAJ |location=London |publisher=Methuen |pages=88–105 |isbn= |author-link= }}
+* {{cite book |last=Tillyard |first=E. M. W. |date=1966 |orig-year=1954 |title=The English Epic and Its Background |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dvlZAAAAMAAJ |location=New York |publisher=Oxford UP }}
+* {{cite book |last=Wilkie |first=Brian |date=1965 |title=Romantic Poets and Epic Tradition |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xJYnAAAAMAAJ |location= |publisher=University of Wisconsin Press }}
+{{refend}}
+[[Category:Literary Terms]]