How Long to Read Beyond Spoon River

How Long Does it Take to Read Beyond Spoon River?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 53 minutes to read Beyond Spoon River by Ronald Primeau

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

Description

As the first full-length critical study of Edgar Lee Masters, Beyond Spoon River is important not only for its reevaluation of this American poet and his work but also for its valuable insights into central questions of aesthetics, regionalism, and the nature and meaning of literary influence. The inordinate popularity of Spoon River Anthology has for many years unfairly restricted Masters' reputation as a "one-book phenomenon," although between 1911 and 1942 he wrote over fifty other books—most of which were neglected or misinterpreted precisely because they attempted a large-scale rewriting of what he felt had been obscured or distorted in the Anglo-American tradition. Masters' wide reading in the whole of western literature shaped his own attitudes, themes, and style, and his detailed accounts of that reading and its effect on his work form the basis for this reinterpretation of his place in American poetry in this century. After reviewing Masters' own statements on literary influence and his role as a critic, Primeau devotes the main body of his study to the major influences on Masters' work—the Greeks, Goethe, Emerson, Whitman, Shelley, and Browning. For Masters, the composite of all these influences provided a corrective to the poetry and criticism of his time, which he little admired. Primeau concludes by exploring Masters' midwestern heritage in the light of recent reinterpretations of regionalism.

How long is Beyond Spoon River?

Beyond Spoon River by Ronald Primeau is 232 pages long, and a total of 58,464 words.

This makes it 78% the length of the average book. It also has 71% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Beyond Spoon River Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 19 minutes to read Beyond Spoon River aloud.

What Reading Level is Beyond Spoon River?

Beyond Spoon River is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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