It takes the average reader 4 hours and 22 minutes to read Heroic Sagas and Ballads by Stephen A. Mitchell
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In Heroic Sagas and Ballads, Stephen A. Mitchell examines the world of the medieval Icelandic legendary sagas and their legacy in Scandinavia. Central to his argument is the view that these heroic texts should be studied in the light of the later Icelandic Middle Ages rather than that of the Viking age, although the stories, the tellers, and the audiences are clearly concerned with exactly this period of Scandinavian history. Viewing these sagas as the products of highly diverse forms of inspiration and creation—some oral, some written—Mitchell explores their aesthetic and social dimensions,...
Heroic Sagas and Ballads by Stephen A. Mitchell is 256 pages long, and a total of 65,536 words.
This makes it 86% the length of the average book. It also has 80% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 58 minutes to read Heroic Sagas and Ballads aloud.
Heroic Sagas and Ballads is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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