The first epics were intended for recitation; the literary epic is meant to be read.Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about literary critic
The folk-origin of ballads and the multiple authorship of epics are heresies worse than the futilities of the Baconians; at any rate, they are based on the same resolute omission, and build on it a wilder fantasy.Quote by Lascelles Abercrombie about origin