It takes the average reader 10 hours to read Aristophanes' Old-and-New Comedy by Kenneth J. Reckford
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
This startling and original study emerged from Kenneth Rockford's wish to vindicate Aristophanes' Clouds against detractors. As a result of years of rereading and teaching Aristophanes, he realized that the Clouds could not be defended in an analysis of that play in isolation. A better approach, he decided, would be to define a comic perspective within which Aristophanes' comedies in general as well as the Clouds in particular could be appreciated. This first volume of Reckford's defense examines the comedies as a whole in a series of defining essays, each with its own dominant concern and...
Aristophanes' Old-and-New Comedy by Kenneth J. Reckford is 586 pages long, and a total of 150,016 words.
This makes it 198% the length of the average book. It also has 183% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 13 hours and 39 minutes to read Aristophanes' Old-and-New Comedy aloud.
Aristophanes' Old-and-New Comedy is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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