epical

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

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

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.

It’s a terrific read — one of those rare epical surveys that can be read in a single long stretch or picked up and savored, chapter by chapter.

Even prim President Thiers tried to kiss her and her indignation was epical.