>I don't think Coffey set out to write an epic, but Advent
>seems the sort of long poetic labour that might be conceivaby have
>replaced the epic form in our time?
I had the general idea that the impulse towards the epic has in our time
has been replaced by the novel, of which I guess Ulysses is the shining
example. Quite willing, of course, to be wrong about this.
Best
Alison
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