It takes the average reader 3 hours and 51 minutes to read Major Lyricists of the Northern Sung by James J.Y. Liu
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The tz'u, or lyric, reached its full maturity in China during the eleventh century and the first quarter of the twelfth. Until now this important poetic genre has been little known to English readers, and James J. Y. Liu's book is the first to deal systematically and critically with it. He does so by examining the work of six representative poets of the period. The poems are analyzed in terms of their "exploration of worlds," by which the author means the poet's probing of the natural world and the human world in which he lives, as well as of his own mind. This leads into a discussion of the...
Major Lyricists of the Northern Sung by James J.Y. Liu is 226 pages long, and a total of 57,856 words.
This makes it 76% the length of the average book. It also has 71% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 16 minutes to read Major Lyricists of the Northern Sung aloud.
Major Lyricists of the Northern Sung is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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