How Long to Read Beowulf and the Critics

How Long Does it Take to Read Beowulf and the Critics?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 27 minutes to read Beowulf and the Critics by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien

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

Description

The most important essay in the history of Beowulf scholarship, J.R.R. Tolkien's "Beowulf: the monsters and the critics" has been much studied and discussed. But scholars of both Beowulf and Tolkien have to this point been unaware that Tolkien's essay was a redaction of a much longer and more substantial work, Beowulf and the critics, which Tolkien wrote in the 1930s and probably delivered as a series of Oxford lectures. This critical edition of Beowulf and the critics presents both unpublished versions of Tolkien's lecture, each substantially different from the other and from the final, published essay. The edition included a description of the manuscript, complete textual and explanatory notes, and a detailed critical introduction that explains the place of Tolkien's Anglo-Saxon scholarship both in the history of Beowulf scholarship and in literary history.

How long is Beowulf and the Critics?

Beowulf and the Critics by John Ronald Reuel Tolkien is 496 pages long, and a total of 126,976 words.

This makes it 167% the length of the average book. It also has 155% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Beowulf and the Critics Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 33 minutes to read Beowulf and the Critics aloud.

What Reading Level is Beowulf and the Critics?

Beowulf and the Critics 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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