How Long to Read Faithful Labourers: a Reception History of Paradise Lost, 1667-1970

How Long Does it Take to Read Faithful Labourers: a Reception History of Paradise Lost, 1667-1970?

It takes the average reader 15 hours and 6 minutes to read Faithful Labourers: a Reception History of Paradise Lost, 1667-1970 by John Leonard

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

Description

"Volume one attends to questions of style and genre. The first three chapters examine the longstanding debate about Milton's grand style and the question of whether it forfeits the native resources of English. Early critics saw Milton as the pre-eminent poet of 'apt Numbers' and 'fit quantity', whose verse is 'apt' in the specific sense of achieving harmony between sound and sense; twentieth-century anti-Miltonists faulted Milton for divorcing sound from sense; late twentieth-century theorists have denied the possibility that sound can 'enact' sense. These are extreme changes of critical perception, and yet the story of how they came about has never been told. These chronological chapters explain the roots of these changes and, in doing so, engage with the enduring theoretical question of whether it is possible for sound to enact sense"--

How long is Faithful Labourers: a Reception History of Paradise Lost, 1667-1970?

Faithful Labourers: a Reception History of Paradise Lost, 1667-1970 by John Leonard is 878 pages long, and a total of 226,524 words.

This makes it 296% the length of the average book. It also has 277% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Faithful Labourers: a Reception History of Paradise Lost, 1667-1970 Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 20 hours and 37 minutes to read Faithful Labourers: a Reception History of Paradise Lost, 1667-1970 aloud.

What Reading Level is Faithful Labourers: a Reception History of Paradise Lost, 1667-1970?

Faithful Labourers: a Reception History of Paradise Lost, 1667-1970 is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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