epical
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“Cimarron,” screen transcription of Edna Ferber’s novel, achieves the revivification, an epical and human impression of the land rush days in Oklahoma.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2023
Feminized in their materials, the works are epical in their titles, which include “Sabine Women,” “Horn of Roland,” “Proper Butch Goddess Freya” and “Temple of Baalshamin at Palmyra.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 10, 2015
And going from his early naked-in-the-world self-portrait, to his epical, between-heaven-and-hell Venetians, to the sight of dozens of New York City students avidly adding their mark to a gallery wall, I could almost believe him.
From New York Times ● Feb. 13, 2014
Disappointment No. 33 is his new epical poem The New World.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Originally instituted for the drama, it received in Milton's hands an epical treatment, and has by authors of our own day been used for idyllic and even for lyrical compositions.
From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Raymond MacDonald Alden