It takes the average reader 4 hours and 26 minutes to read Job, Boethius, and Epic Truth by Ann W. Astell
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Calling into question the common assumption that the Middle Ages produced no secondary epics, Ann W. Astell here revises a key chapter in literary history. She examines the connections between the Book of Job and Boethius' s Consolation of Philosophy—texts closely associated with each other in the minds of medieval readers and writers—and demonstrates that these two works served as a conduit for the tradition of heroic poetry from antiquity through the Middle Ages and into the Renaissance. As she traces the complex influences of classical and biblical texts on vernacular literature, Astell...
Job, Boethius, and Epic Truth by Ann W. Astell is 258 pages long, and a total of 66,564 words.
This makes it 87% the length of the average book. It also has 81% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 3 minutes to read Job, Boethius, and Epic Truth aloud.
Job, Boethius, and Epic Truth is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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