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	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Mock-epic." ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', first published online 20 July 1998, https://www.britannica.com/art/mock-epic.		The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Mock-epic." ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', first published online 20 July 1998, https://www.britannica.com/art/mock-epic.

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	Cuddon, J.A., ed. ''The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory''. Penguin Reference: London, 1999.		Cuddon, J.A., ed. ''The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory''. Penguin Reference: London, 1999.

			The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica. "Mock-epic." ''Encyclopædia Britannica'', first published online 20 July 1998, https://www.britannica.com/art/mock-epic.

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	Cuddon, J.A., ed. ''The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory''. Penguin Reference: London, 1999.		Cuddon, J.A., ed. ''The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory''. Penguin Reference: London, 1999.

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	The '''mock-epic''' is a form of satire of the [[epic]]. It is "a work in verse which employs the lofty manner, the high and serious tone and the supernatural machinery [...] of [[epic]] [...]to treat of a trivial subject and theme in such a way as to make both subject and theme ridiculous." (~~PDLTLT~~ 514) It can be almost seen as a case of breaking a butterfly upon a wheel, it's much ado about nothing. Another feature is the extension of the story told.		The '''mock-epic''' is a form of satire of the [[epic]]. It is "a work in verse which employs the lofty manner, the high and serious tone and the supernatural machinery [...] of [[epic]] [...] to treat of a trivial subject and theme in such a way as to make both subject and theme ridiculous" (Cuddon 514). It can be almost seen as a case of breaking a butterfly upon a wheel, it's much ado about nothing. Another feature is the extension of the story told.

	"The acknowledged masterpiece in this genre is Pope's ''The Rape of the Lock'' (1712, 1714), which he himself describes as an Heroicomical poem." (ibid.) This poem, though, does not contain any heroism whatsoever. It is only based on a coincidence, which is that a man (Lord Petre) cuts off a lock of a lady (Miss Arabella Fermor), which leads to an estrangement between the two families. [[Alexander Pope]] brilliantly builds a whole epic around this triviality.		"The acknowledged masterpiece in this genre is Pope's ''The Rape of the Lock'' (1712, 1714), which he himself describes as an Heroicomical poem" (ibid.). This poem, though, does not contain any heroism whatsoever. It is only based on a coincidence, which is that a man (Lord Petre) cuts off a lock of a lady (Miss Arabella Fermor), which leads to an estrangement between the two families. [[Alexander Pope]] brilliantly builds a whole epic around this triviality.


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	== Other examples of mock-epic are: ==		== Other examples of mock-epic are: ==

	- [[John Dryden]]'s ''Absalom and Achitophel'' (1681)		[[John Dryden]]'s ''Absalom and Achitophel'' (1681)

	- [[John Dryden]]'s ''Mac Flecknoe'' (1682)		[[John Dryden]]'s ''Mac Flecknoe'' (1682)

	- Samuel Garth's ''The Dispensary'' (1699)		Samuel Garth's ''The Dispensary'' (1699)

	- [[Alexander Pope]]'s ''The Dunciad'' (1728-43)		[[Alexander Pope]]'s ''The Dunciad'' (1728-43)

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	The '''mock-epic''' is a form of satire of the [[epic]]. It is " a work in verse which employs the lofty manner, the high and serious tone and the supernatural machinery [...] of [[epic]] [...]to treat of a trivial subject and theme in such a way as to make both subject and theme ridiculous." (PDLTLT 514) It can be almost seen as a case of breaking a butterfly upon a wheel, it's much ado about nothing. Another feature is the extension of the story told.		The '''mock-epic''' is a form of satire of the [[epic]]. It is "a work in verse which employs the lofty manner, the high and serious tone and the supernatural machinery [...] of [[epic]] [...]to treat of a trivial subject and theme in such a way as to make both subject and theme ridiculous." (PDLTLT 514) It can be almost seen as a case of breaking a butterfly upon a wheel, it's much ado about nothing. Another feature is the extension of the story told.

	"The acknowledged masterpiece in this genre is Pope's ''The Rape of the Lock'' (1712, 1714), which he himself describes as an Heroicomical poem." (ibid.) This poem, though, does not contain any heroism whatsoever. It is only based on a coincidence, which is that a man (Lord Petre) cuts of a lock of a lady (Miss Arabella Fermor), which leads to an estrangement between the two families. [[Alexander Pope]] brilliantly builds a whole epic around this triviality.		"The acknowledged masterpiece in this genre is Pope's ''The Rape of the Lock'' (1712, 1714), which he himself describes as an Heroicomical poem." (ibid.) This poem, though, does not contain any heroism whatsoever. It is only based on a coincidence, which is that a man (Lord Petre) cuts off a lock of a lady (Miss Arabella Fermor), which leads to an estrangement between the two families. [[Alexander Pope]] brilliantly builds a whole epic around this triviality.


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	== Sources: ==		== Sources: ==

	Cuddon, J.A., ed. The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory. Penguin Reference: London, 1999.		Cuddon, J.A., ed. ''The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory''. Penguin Reference: London, 1999.


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The '''mock-epic''' is a form of satire of the [[epic]]. It is " a work in verse which employs the lofty manner, the high and serious tone and the supernatural machinery [...] of [[epic]] [...]to treat of a trivial subject and theme in such a way as to make both subject and theme ridiculous." (PDLTLT 514) It can be almost seen as a case of breaking a butterfly upon a wheel, it's much ado about nothing. Another feature is the extension of the story told.

"The acknowledged masterpiece in this genre is Pope's ''The Rape of the Lock'' (1712, 1714), which he himself describes as an Heroicomical poem." (ibid.) This poem, though, does not contain any heroism whatsoever. It is only based on a coincidence, which is that a man (Lord Petre) cuts of a lock of a lady (Miss Arabella Fermor), which leads to an estrangement between the two families. [[Alexander Pope]] brilliantly builds a whole epic around this triviality.

== Other examples of mock-epic are: ==

- [[John Dryden]]'s ''Absalom and Achitophel'' (1681)

- [[John Dryden]]'s ''Mac Flecknoe'' (1682)

- Samuel Garth's ''The Dispensary'' (1699)

- [[Alexander Pope]]'s ''The Dunciad'' (1728-43)

== Sources: ==

Cuddon, J.A., ed. The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory. Penguin Reference: London, 1999.

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