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Heroic tale   /hɪrˈoʊɪk teɪl/   Listen
Heroic tale

noun
1.
A story of an adventure.  Synonym: adventure story.






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"Heroic tale" Quotes from Famous Books



... two fundamental forms were the romaunt and the song, and in these original national melodies we everywhere fancy we hear the accompaniment of the guitar. The romaunt, which is half Arabian in its origin, was at first a simple heroic tale; afterwards it became a very artificial species, adapted to various uses, but in which the picturesque ingredient always predominated even to the most brilliant luxuriance of colouring. The song again, almost destitute of imagery, expressed tender ...
— Lectures on Dramatic Art - and Literature • August Wilhelm Schlegel trans John Black



Words linked to "Heroic tale" :   thriller, saga, story



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