epic tone of Venezuela Heroica succeeds through the use of wide coverage of space and time and lyrically with its basis of comparisons, epiphanies, hyperboles and other devices. The wideness in space succeeds by highlighting the heroes in relation to the people around them. Each hero is portrayed in relation to their own environment with interactions between them and other heroes. As regards the development of time, the events are often magnified through comparison with specific facts from the past, from antiquity or the Middle Ages, and this contributes to give a greater dimension. References Barnola, Pedro Pablo. Eduardo Blanco, creador de la novela venezolana. Tipografía Vargas, S.A. Caracas. 1963. External links 1881 edition online at archive.org 1881 novels Epic novels Venezuelan novels Novels set in Venezuela