Word: epical
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Odyssey: A Modern Sequel, by Nikos Kazantzakis. A neo-Homeric epic...
...products of the past few months form together an epic quest of the American for his soul. The rock and roller starts off on his Twentieth century Odyssey by defining his goals of success. The vision which Billy Parsons offers of the goal rivals Dante's path through Paradise. Parsons builds on the Presley legend for his model...
...thumb. Another junior epic: the familiar Grimm tale, tastefully refurbished...
Grizzled, sly, and a bit mad, Jimson lives in a houseboat moored in a London harbor, and continues painting on a weekly dole from his old, unbelievably frail patron. His epic visions, to be painted on the walls of living rooms, in the naves of churches, on the sides of ships never turn out exactly as he would like, yet he is incontrovertibly one of the great painters of the age. If no one else knows it, he does, and he is content to wait...
...instance, I was in a conversational circle today that was revolving around Bernstein (Estrella Bernstein, our cleaning woman) and I just usually dropped the fact that Cecil B. DeMille was dead. You remember--your latest issue devoted nearly three-quarters of a page to his career as an "epic-maker." My, was I surprised, when Estrella told me he'd been dead since January 21--12 days. But I won out anyway by dropping one of your writers' bon mots to the effect that "The DeMillenium was over." Well, sir, I can promise you that Estrella was dumbfounded...