How Long to Read American Bards

How Long Does it Take to Read American Bards?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 28 minutes to read American Bards by Edward Whitley

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

Description

Walt Whitman has long been regarded as the quintessential American bard, the poet who best represents all that is distinctive about life in the United States. Whitman himself encouraged this view, but he was also quick to remind his readers that he was an unlikely candidate for the office of national poet, and that his working-class upbringing and radical take on human sexuality often put him at odds with American culture. While American literary history has tended to credit Whitman with having invented the persona of the national outsider as the national bard, Edward Whitley recovers three of Whitman's contemporaries who adopted similar personae: James M. Whitfield, an African American separatist and abolitionist; Eliza R. Snow, a Mormon pioneer and women's leader; and John Rollin Ridge, a Cherokee journalist and Native-rights advocate. These three poets not only provide a counterpoint to the Whitmanian persona of the outsider bard, but they also reframe the criteria by which generations of scholars have characterized Whitman as America's poet. This effort to resituate Whitman's place in American literary history provides an innovative perspective on the most familiar poet of the United States and the culture from which he emerged.

How long is American Bards?

American Bards by Edward Whitley is 264 pages long, and a total of 67,056 words.

This makes it 89% the length of the average book. It also has 82% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read American Bards Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 6 minutes to read American Bards aloud.

What Reading Level is American Bards?

American Bards 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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