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mock-heroic
1. (of a literary work, esp a poem) imitating the style of heroic poetry in order to satirize an unheroic subject, as in Pope's The Rape of the Lock 2. burlesque imitation of the heroic style or of a single work in this style Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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No references found | amp;#8226; Frieze Art Fair Projects, Thu 16 to Oct 19 Gavin Turk Gavin Turk is no stranger to piss-taking, although his mock-heroic actions become less raw as his stock rises. The first of Redonda's crowned heads to visit, he was Phillipe V, and won the throne playing darts in a London pub with the great-great-grandson of the seaman on a guano ship who claimed this dependency of Antigua as his mock-heroic kingdom, bestowing knighthoods and High Church sinecures by the pint. Hence it is hardly a paradox that the most tangible aftereffect of this exhibition is a 240-page catalogue that is anything but mock-heroic in its own aspiration to permanence. |
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