How Long to Read English Poets in the Late Middle Ages

How Long Does it Take to Read English Poets in the Late Middle Ages?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 48 minutes to read English Poets in the Late Middle Ages by John A. Burrow

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

Description

This volume brings together a selection of lectures and essays in which J.A. Burrow discusses the work of English poets of the late fourteenth and early fifteenth centuries: Chaucer, Gower, Langland, and Hoccleve, as well as the anonymous authors of Pearl, Saint Erkenwald, and a pair of metrical romances. Six of the pieces address general issues, with some reference to French and Italian writings ('Autobiographical Poetry in the Middle Ages', for example, or 'The Poet and the Book'); but most of them concentrate on particular English poems, such as Chaucer's Envoy to Scogan, Gower's Confessio Amantis, Langland's Piers Plowman, and Hoccleve's Series. Although some of the essays take account of the poet's life and times ('Chaucer as Petitioner', 'Hoccleve and the 'Court''), most are mainly concerned with the meaning and structure of the poems. What, for example, does the hero of Ipomadon hope to achieve by fighting, as he always does, incognito? Why do the stories in Piers Plowman all peter out so inconclusively? And how can it be that the narrator in Chaucer's Book of the Duchess so persistently fails to understand what he is told?

How long is English Poets in the Late Middle Ages?

English Poets in the Late Middle Ages by John A. Burrow is 516 pages long, and a total of 132,096 words.

This makes it 174% the length of the average book. It also has 161% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read English Poets in the Late Middle Ages Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 12 hours and 1 minute to read English Poets in the Late Middle Ages aloud.

What Reading Level is English Poets in the Late Middle Ages?

English Poets in the Late Middle Ages 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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