plural of ur-poem

A poem that is believed to be a precursor or prototype to a more modern class of poetry; usually a hypothetical 'mother poem' of a genre. Jerome McGann described the ur-poem as a work "whose existence is the Idea that can be abstracted out of all concrete and written texts which have ever existed or which ever will exist".

Alternative form of ur-ancestor

plural of ur-ancestor

An original homeland, territory, or habitat.

An original ancestor; proto-ancestor.

plural of ur-culture

An original or mythological hero.

A theoretical original culture.

Alternative spelling of urtext