Both Uses of
epic
in
A Room of One's Own
- There is no reason to think that the form of the epic or of the poetic play suit a woman any more than the sentence suits her.†
Chpt 4 *epic = an outstanding work of literature or film
- The natural simplicity, the epic age of women's writing, may have gone.†
Chpt 5
Definition:
something that is outstanding -- especially a literary work that is long and heroic