How Long to Read Making Something Happen

How Long Does it Take to Read Making Something Happen?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 57 minutes to read Making Something Happen by Michael Thurston

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

Description

Poetry makes nothing happen," wrote W. H. Auden in 1939, expressing a belief that came to dominate American literary institutions in the late 1940s--the idea that good poetry cannot, and should not, be politically engaged. By contrast, Michael Thurston here looks back to the 1920s and 1930s to a generation of poets who wrote with the precise hope and the deep conviction that they would move their audiences to action. He offers an engaging new look at the political poetry of Edwin Rolfe, Langston Hughes, Ezra Pound, and Muriel Rukeyser. Thurston combines close textual reading of the poems with...

How long is Making Something Happen?

Making Something Happen by Michael Thurston is 288 pages long, and a total of 74,304 words.

This makes it 97% the length of the average book. It also has 91% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Making Something Happen Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 46 minutes to read Making Something Happen aloud.

What Reading Level is Making Something Happen?

Making Something Happen 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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