How Long to Read Horace's Art of Poetry & Vico's Poetic Philosophy

How Long Does it Take to Read Horace's Art of Poetry & Vico's Poetic Philosophy?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 51 minutes to read Horace's Art of Poetry & Vico's Poetic Philosophy by Giorgio Pinton

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Description

The Latin poet Horace, known as Quintus Horatius Flaccus, was born in Venosa, a small town lost among the Southern Apennines, not too far from the cave-town of Matera, far away from Augustan Rome, in the last century of the gentile Era that subsided to the Christian Triumphs. As Horace conquered Imperial Rome with his Odes and Satires, he accumulated wisdom and wealth. He knew when the time came for him to retire to his serene, secure, and peaceful senility back to an area not too far from Rome and rich with nature's gifts. His works survived and thank to the Humanists and the Renaissance they became the patrimony of the educated gentility. Only one of all his works remains still a puzzle today, with no solution agreeably and equally accepted by scholars. This work that challenged the ingenuity of thousand scholars was written by Horace in the sweet years of his happy and most satisfying terminal period. Perhaps, he died while working on it. This Horatian work had no title. Other friends, disciples, or admirers called it Ars Poetica. It would be more honest to call it the puzzle for wisdom or foolishness and foolhardiness. On this query thousand and thousand minds sailed, and an enormous mountain of books was written in all European Languages since the 15th century. Every inquirer looked like into a crystal as a spectrum of resplendent variety, and saw what others did see in different ways. This Grail has not been found yet. The search however has created and collected a tradition of a kaleidoscopic variety of narratives that began to appear abundantly in the 15th century and still goes on on our time. This book, in its own way, is the narrative made about the Ars Poetica of Horace by someone who knew of Horace only through the writings of Giambattista Vico and in the company of Vico travel the path to Horace and faced the puzzling query not to resolve it but in order to understand how to approach it. The vocation of this book is therefore to call upon any one reader who would be courageous enough to walk on an unknown path in its company and to feel the thrill of the unexpected.

How long is Horace's Art of Poetry & Vico's Poetic Philosophy?

Horace's Art of Poetry & Vico's Poetic Philosophy by Giorgio Pinton is 464 pages long, and a total of 117,856 words.

This makes it 157% the length of the average book. It also has 144% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Horace's Art of Poetry & Vico's Poetic Philosophy Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 44 minutes to read Horace's Art of Poetry & Vico's Poetic Philosophy aloud.

What Reading Level is Horace's Art of Poetry & Vico's Poetic Philosophy?

Horace's Art of Poetry & Vico's Poetic Philosophy 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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