How Long to Read Now I Know Only So Far

How Long Does it Take to Read Now I Know Only So Far?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 56 minutes to read Now I Know Only So Far by Dell H. Hymes

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

Description

In Now I Know Only So Far, sociolinguist and ethnopoetic scholar Dell Hymes examines the power and significance of Native North American literatures and how they can best be approached and appreciated. Such narratives, Hymes argues, are ways of making sense of the world. To truly comprehend the importance and durability of these narratives, one must investigate the ways of thinking expressed in these texts?the cultural sensibilities also deeply affected by storytellers? particular experiences and mastery of form. ø Included here are seminal overviews and reflections on the history and potential of the field of ethnopoetics. Native North American stories from areas ranging from the Northwest Coast to the Southwest take center stage in this book, which features careful scrutiny of different realizations and tellings of the same story or related stories. Such narratives are illuminated through a series of verse analyses in which patterned relations of lines throw into relief differences in emphasis, shape, and interpretation. A final group of essays sheds light on the often misunderstood and always controversial role of editing and interpreting texts. Now I Know Only So Far provides penetrating discussions and absorbing insights into stories and worlds, both traditional and new.

How long is Now I Know Only So Far?

Now I Know Only So Far by Dell H. Hymes is 532 pages long, and a total of 134,064 words.

This makes it 180% the length of the average book. It also has 164% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Now I Know Only So Far Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 12 hours and 12 minutes to read Now I Know Only So Far aloud.

What Reading Level is Now I Know Only So Far?

Now I Know Only So Far is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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