Heroic romances refers to a distinguished class of imaginative literature that flourished in the 17th century, principally in France.
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“All his works might well enough be embraced under the title of one of them, a good specimen brick, “On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History.” Of this department he is the Chief Professor in the World’s University, and even leaves Plutarch behind.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“Lies, fables and romances must needs be probable, but not the truth and foundation of our faith.”
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