Epic
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...Odyssey of the Greek Homer, and of the Anglo-Saxon Beowulf. Literary, or secondary, epics, written in conscious imitation of earlier...made to look ridiculous by the incongruity. The plot of Popes Rape of the Lock, one of the most famous mock epics, is based on...