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 invert the heroic work by either putting a fool in the role of the hero or by exaggerating the heroic qualities to such a point that they become absurd. History Historically, the mock-heroic style was popular in the post-Restoration and Augustan periods in Great Britain. The earliest example of the form outside English… (More on Mock-heroic)