Definition of in medias res
: in or into the middle of a narrative or plot
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Rather than start in medias res, Kenneth Womack’s biography of Martin goes, to invoke the title of one of Mr. McCartney’s later albums, back to the egg.
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Starting in medias res in the mid-19th century, the book never addresses the question of how, say, the Puritan concept of America as the new Israel might have shaped the American Christian interest in the Ten Commandments.
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Origin and Etymology of in medias res
Latin, literally, into the midst of things
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