How Long to Read Nuclear Annihilation and Contemporary American Poetry

How Long Does it Take to Read Nuclear Annihilation and Contemporary American Poetry?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 59 minutes to read Nuclear Annihilation and Contemporary American Poetry by John Gery

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Description

The eve of the second millennium falls fifty years after the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Looking across the spectrum of American poetry since 1945, John Gery explores the role that poets have begun to play in the nuclear age. While their diverse voices join in protesting against the end of the world, poetry also embodies what Gery calls "the way of nothingness" in contemporary experience, an individual sense of human continuity paradoxically coupled with a global sense of impending annihilation. The first full-length study of nuclear theory and American poetry, this book examines four distinct poetic approaches to nuclear culture - protest poetry, apocalyptic lyric poetry, psycho-historical poetry, and the poetry of uncertainty. Each is developed through a discussion of representative poems from a range of poets, including an extended study of works by Denise Levertov, Richard Wilbur, James Merrill, and John Ashbery. As a chorus of voices, Gery contends, these poets articulate both resistance to annihilation and an acceptance of the nuclear present.

How long is Nuclear Annihilation and Contemporary American Poetry?

Nuclear Annihilation and Contemporary American Poetry by John Gery is 235 pages long, and a total of 59,925 words.

This makes it 79% the length of the average book. It also has 73% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Nuclear Annihilation and Contemporary American Poetry Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 27 minutes to read Nuclear Annihilation and Contemporary American Poetry aloud.

What Reading Level is Nuclear Annihilation and Contemporary American Poetry?

Nuclear Annihilation and Contemporary American Poetry is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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