What does epigonism mean?
Epigonism means An artistic or literary imitation of an artist by a later generation; stereotyped repetition..
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An artistic or literary imitation of an artist by a later generation; stereotyped repetition..
Such a form of epigonism seems explicable only in that the authors, having no poetic sensibilities of their own, appropriate a poetry with which, presumably, they grew up. An even less excusable form of epigonism is the fairly frequent […]
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Epigonism means An artistic or literary imitation of an artist by a later generation; stereotyped repetition..
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Such a form of epigonism seems explicable only in that the authors, having no poetic sensibilities of their own, appropriate a poetry with which, presumably, they grew up. An even less excusable form of epigonism is the fairly frequent […]
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