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Mock-heroic

Mock-heroic, mock-epic or heroi-comic works are typically satires or parodies that mock common Classical stereotypes of heroes and heroic literature. Typically, mock-heroic works either put a fool in the role of the hero or exaggerate the heroic qualities to such a point that they become absurd.

Davie, M. (2002). . The Oxford Companion to Italian Literature. Oxford University Press. Retrieved 20 May 2023.

"Mock-Heroic Poetry"

Mock-Heroics in The Rape of the Lock Opera

Further discussion of Mock-Heroic style of The Rape of the Lock