EPICの語源
From Latin epicus, from Greek epikos, from epos speech, word, song.
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Epic poetry exhibits life in some great symbolic attitude. It cannot strictly be said to symbolize life itself, but always some manner of life.
An epic is not made by piecing together a set of heroic lays, adjusting their discrepancies and making them into a continuous narrative.
The first epics were intended for recitation; the literary epic is meant to be read.
The epic poet has behind him a tradition of matter and a tradition of style; and that is what every other poet has behind him too; only, for the epic poet, tradition is rather narrower, rather more strictly compelling.
If epic poetry is a definite species, the sagas do not fall within it.
But the development of human society does not go straight forward; and the epic process will therefore be a recurring process, the series a recurring series - though not in exact repetition.
I want to have an epic life. I want to tell my life with big adjectives. I want to forget all the grays in between, and remember the highlights and the dark moments.
I wanted the feel in these books to be like an epic fantasy, with kings, queens, dukes and court politics, but of course like what I was explaining before, about making the science make sense, you have to make the politics make sense, too.
There is grand romance in The Lord of the Rings. It's an important part of epic literature.
A blend of fact and fiction has been used in various forms since the dawn of creative writing, starting with sagas and epic poems.
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Epic: Legends of Fantasy
Prophets tell of the fall of empires, the rise of champions. Great beasts stir in vaults beneath the hills, beneath the waves. Armies mass. Gods walk. The world will be torn asunder. Epic fantasy is storytelling at its biggest and best.
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X-Men: The Complete Age of Apocalypse Epic -
Follows the adventures of Magneto, who has dedicated his life to freeing humanity and mutants, but Apocalypse may require him to destroy reality in order to save it.
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Epic: Form, Content, and History
This book explores syncretism, whereby all religions are seen as grasping the same strange and complex reality, but by very different means and handles.
Tracing epic from its ancient and classical roots through postmodern and contemporary examples this volume discusses: a wide range of writers including Homer, Vergil, Ovid, Dante, Chaucer, Milton, Cervantes, Keats, Byron, Eliot, Walcott and ...
If Erik and his friends win, they may have the key to destroying the Committee’s tyranny. But if they lose . . . Watch a QuickTime trailer for this book.
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A Companion to Ancient
Epic
A key feature of the volume, designed to make the book as useful as possible, is the index of poems, poets, technical terms, important figures, and other relevant literary and artistic works.
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Amy & Roger's
Epic Detour
Told in traditional narrative as well as through a unique visual format that incorporates scraps from the road, this is the story of one teen’s journey to find herself.
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Epic: John McEnroe, Bjrn Borg, and the Greatest Tennis ...
This book takes you back to that amazing summer at the height of the golden age of tennis.
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Delizia!: The
Epic History of the Italians and Their Food
Delizia! is much more than a history of Italian food. It is a history of Italy told through the flavors and character of its cities.
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The Prize: The
Epic Quest for Oil, Money & Power
Deemed "the best history of oil ever written" by Business Week and with more than 300,000 copies in print, Daniel Yergin’s Pulitzer Prize–winning account of the global pursuit of oil, money, and power has been extensively updated to ...
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Epic offers a great steak — once you get seated
Epic Roasthouse a few months ago became Epic Steak,. Chef Parke Ulrich simplified the menu, changed the way the steaks are cooked and ... «SFGate, 7月 15»
Kentucky's Hitcents wants to fire your imagination with Draw a …
Hitcents is launching its Draw a Stickman: Epic 2 today, a mobile game that is a sequel to a 2012 title that has been played more than 100 ... «VentureBeat, 7月 15»
Comic-Con: Watch Conan O'Brien as the Epic Electric Guitarist From …
Up top, O'Brien perfectly dons a magenta jumpsuit as the film's memorably epic electric guitarist. Likewise, Andy Richter is in full garb as Tom ... «Hollywood Reporter, 7月 15»
OFF RADAR: 'The Hero Enkidu: An Epic'
The word “epic,” in our day and age, is used to describe something big and somehow vaguely historic. An epic movie. An epic Supreme Court ... «Kennebec Journal & Morning Sentinel, 7月 15»
Watch Chris Matthews's epic smackdown of Ted Cruz in all its glory
Republican presidential candidate and Texas Sen. Ted Cruz sat for a 17 minute interview with MSNBC host Christ Matthews during the ... «Salon, 7月 15»
Epic flavor bursts from renamed steak house
A view of a dining room at the Epic Roasthouse in San Francisco, Calif. Two popular San Francisco restaurants, Waterbar and Epic ... «San Francisco Chronicle, 7月 15»
1864 box set review: 'A military epic that channels the spirit of Heimat'
This epic, eight-part swath of Danish military misadventure is easily identifiable to Danes by the year, hence its plain, Gregorian title. To the rest ... «The Guardian, 7月 15»
Avengers 2: There May Just Be A Pop Epic Somewhere Inside …
Clearly, there's more to Avengers 2 somewhere, perhaps enough to turn a good movie into a near-pop epic. And it turns out there will be a ... «Huffington Post, 7月 15»
Angry Mavericks fan goes off on DeAndre Jordan in epic rant (Video)
Wednesday night brought us one of the crazier occurrences that we have ever seen during an NBA Free Agency period. After agreeing with the ... «FanSided, 7月 15»
The Spoils Before Dying react: Sex, murder, and all that epic Eric …
And with those hilarious and eloquently growled statements, let's delve into the first two episodes of this insane, epic IFC comedy series. «Entertainment Weekly, 7月 15»