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mock-heroic: a standalone construct

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Poetics

writing that applies the elevated style and conventions of epic to trivial subjects, creating comedy and critique from the mismatch.

In poetics, mock-heroic refers to writing that applies the elevated style and conventions of epic to trivial subjects, creating comedy and critique from the mismatch. This meaning comes from Terry (2005) in Mock-heroic from Butler to Cowper.[1]

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  1. Terry, R. (2005). Mock-heroic from Butler to Cowper. Ashgate Publishing. ISBN 9781351917124

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