How Long to Read A Middle English Iliad: John Lydgate's Troy Book

How Long Does it Take to Read A Middle English Iliad: John Lydgate's Troy Book?

It takes the average reader 12 hours and 20 minutes to read A Middle English Iliad: John Lydgate's Troy Book by John Lydgate

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In medieval Britain, the works of Homer were practically unknown. In his absence, the half-remembered story of the Trojan War took on a distinctly Arthurian flavour, with the heroes Achilles and Hector reimagined as armoured knights on horseback, duelling with broadsword and lance. In 1412 the Prince of Wales commissioned John Lydgate, monk of Bury St. Edmunds Abbey and literary heir of Chaucer, to write him an English epic to rival those in the French and Latin. The result was Troy Book: 30,000 lines of decasyllabic rhyming couplets, completed in 1420 and dedicated to its patron--now King Henry V. Lydgate's primary source was the Latin prose Historia Destructionis Troiae of Guido delle Colonne, with supplementary material provided by Ovid, Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, as well as a variety of obscure Late Latin texts, such as Isidore of Seville's Etymologiae, and the Mythologiae of Fulgentius. With this edition Troy Book receives its first translation into Modern English, allowing a new generation of readers to view the Trojan War through the eyes of a fifteenth-century Briton. D. M. Smith includes a detailed introduction tracing the development of the Troy myth from the Cyclic Poets to Lydgate and beyond, along with extensive notes on Lydgate's sources, and the narrative's relationship with the established Graeco-Roman mythology. Long dismissed as a medieval curiosity, Troy Book is at last restored to its proper context in the literary evolution of the Ancient Greek Epic Cycle.

How long is A Middle English Iliad: John Lydgate's Troy Book?

A Middle English Iliad: John Lydgate's Troy Book by John Lydgate is 740 pages long, and a total of 185,000 words.

This makes it 250% the length of the average book. It also has 226% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A Middle English Iliad: John Lydgate's Troy Book Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 16 hours and 50 minutes to read A Middle English Iliad: John Lydgate's Troy Book aloud.

What Reading Level is A Middle English Iliad: John Lydgate's Troy Book?

A Middle English Iliad: John Lydgate's Troy Book is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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