This technique's frequent use in epic poetry includes its depiction of Telemachus at the beginning of the Odyssey as Odysseus is already voyaging home.
One work that makes use of this technique employs it to present the election of Godfrey of Bouillon as captain of a group of crusaders, while another depicts Satan and Beelzebub lying on a lake of fire, and sees the decision of the former to rebel against God immediately following the exposition of that work. This technique's frequent use in epic poetry includes its depiction of Telemachus at the beginning of the Odyssey as Odysseus is already voyaging home. For 10 points, name this literary technique that literally means "into the middle of things," in which a story begins in the midst of the action.
One work that makes use of this technique employs it to present the election of Godfrey of Bouillon as captain of a group of crusaders, while another depicts Satan and Beelzebub lying on a lake of fire, and sees the decision of the former to rebel against God immediately following the exposition of that work.
in {medias res}