How Long to Read Letters and Epistolary Culture in Early Medieval China

How Long Does it Take to Read Letters and Epistolary Culture in Early Medieval China?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 7 minutes to read Letters and Epistolary Culture in Early Medieval China by Antje Richter

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

Description

Honorable Mention for the 2016 Kayden Book Award This first book-length study in Chinese or any Western language of personal letters and letter-writing in premodern China focuses on the earliest period (ca. 3rd-6th cent. CE) with a sizeable body of surviving correspondence. Along with the translation and analysis of many representative letters, Antje Richter explores the material culture of letter writing (writing supports and utensils, envelopes and seals, the transportation of finished letters) and letter-writing conventions (vocabulary, textual patterns, topicality, creativity). She considers the status of letters as a literary genre, ideal qualities of letters, and guides to letter-writing, providing a wealth of examples to illustrate each component of the standard personal letter. References to letter-writing in other cultures enliven the narrative throughout. Letters and Epistolary Culture in Early Medieval China makes the social practice and the existing textual specimens of personal Chinese letter-writing fully visible for the first time, both for the various branches of Chinese studies and for epistolary research in other ancient and modern cultures, and encourages a more confident and consistent use of letters as historical and literary sources.

How long is Letters and Epistolary Culture in Early Medieval China?

Letters and Epistolary Culture in Early Medieval China by Antje Richter is 244 pages long, and a total of 61,976 words.

This makes it 82% the length of the average book. It also has 76% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Letters and Epistolary Culture in Early Medieval China Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 38 minutes to read Letters and Epistolary Culture in Early Medieval China aloud.

What Reading Level is Letters and Epistolary Culture in Early Medieval China?

Letters and Epistolary Culture in Early Medieval China 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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