How Long to Read Homer: A Guide for the Perplexed

How Long Does it Take to Read Homer: A Guide for the Perplexed?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 49 minutes to read Homer: A Guide for the Perplexed by Ahuvia Kahane

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

Description

Shortlisted for the Runciman Award 2013 Homer's poetry is widely recognized as the beginning of the literary tradition of the West and among its most influential canonical texts. Outlining a series of key themes, ideas, and values associated with Homer and Homeric poetry, Homer: A Guide for the Perplexed explores the question of the formation of the Iliad and the Odyssey - the so-called 'Homeric Problem'. Among the main Homeric themes which the book considers are origin and form, orality and composition, heroic values, social structure, and social bias, gender roles and gendered interpretation, ethnicity, representations of religion, mortality, and the divine, memory, poetry, and poetics, and canonicity and tradition, and the history of Homeric receptions. Drawing upon his extensive knowledge of scholarship on Homer and early epic, Ahuvia Kahane explores contemporary critical and philosophical questions relating to Homer and the Homeric tradition, and examines his wider cultural impact, contexts and significance. This is the ideal companion to study of this most influential poet, providing readers with some basic suggestions for further pursuing their interests in Homer.

How long is Homer: A Guide for the Perplexed?

Homer: A Guide for the Perplexed by Ahuvia Kahane is 225 pages long, and a total of 57,375 words.

This makes it 76% the length of the average book. It also has 70% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Homer: A Guide for the Perplexed Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 13 minutes to read Homer: A Guide for the Perplexed aloud.

What Reading Level is Homer: A Guide for the Perplexed?

Homer: A Guide for the Perplexed 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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