| 单词 | national epic |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnational epic national epic n. an imaginative work, especially a literary one, considered to embody a nation's conception of its own history, or the most significant events in that history. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > a written composition > [noun] > other spec. defence1546 paradox1594 secret history1650 pentaglot1727 morceau1748 murdering piece1797 pièce de circonstance1830 national epic1841 scholarly edition1850 cantefable1903 chantefable1937 1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iii. 177 Schlegel has a remark on his Historical Plays, Henry Fifth and the others, which is worth remembering. He calls them a kind of National Epic. 1908 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 12 Sept. 759/1 Camoens, the author of the Lusiad, the national epic of Portugal, met the fate that has so often befallen genius. 1968 P. B. Austin On being Swedish xx. 142 The Swedes..have come to accept the Saga as their national epic. 2002 NFT Programme Booklet Nov. 21 This unlikely co-production [I am Cuba, USSR-Cuba, dir. M. Kalatozov (1964)] manages to be both a national epic and a true totem of 60s style. < as lemmas |
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