epical

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“Cimarron,” screen transcription of Edna Ferber’s novel, achieves the revivification, an epical and human impression of the land rush days in Oklahoma.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 2023

Within certain limits, basically of middle-class interests and values, it’s epical.

From New York Times • Jul. 3, 2014

And going from his early naked-in-the-world self-portrait, to his epical, between-heaven-and-hell Venetians, to the sight of dozens of New York City students avidly adding their mark to a gallery wall, I could almost believe him.

From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2014

Disappointment No. 33 is his new epical poem The New World.

From Time Magazine Archive

Originally instituted for the drama, it received in Milton's hands an epical treatment, and has by authors of our own day been used for idyllic and even for lyrical compositions.

From English Verse Specimens Illustrating its Principles and History by Alden, Raymond MacDonald