How Long to Read On Abducting the 'cello

How Long Does it Take to Read On Abducting the 'cello?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 10 minutes to read On Abducting the 'cello by Wayne Clifford

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Description

In 1965, Clifford published Man In A Window, his first collection of poems. This, in itself, was not particularly remarkable, but literary history was being made nonetheless. Clifford was the first acquisitions editor at Coach House Press, and Man In A Window was Coach House's first trade publication -- released in an edition of 300, illustrated with silkscreened nudes. This is how such things were done ... in the alley behind Huron Street ... in the shadow of Rochdale College ... for just the one brief shining moment ... at a time in the very late sixties. On Abducting the 'Cello is Clifford's first trade publication since 1979. It is an important book, and an unlikely publication. Clifford is arguably the Missing Link, the one Thread in the continuum of Canadian Verse that connects the radical formalism of bpNichol and Company (I'm thinking here of McCaffery, Dutton, and the Four Horsemen) with the traditional forms practised by many of PQL's current roster (I'm thinking here of P.K. Page who, doubtless, would insist on her righteous place in hipsterdom -- but in the Forties, presumably, rather than the Sixties). Outrageous images, snippets of gossip and chat, a rare verbal dexterity and mastery of form all collide in Wayne Clifford's unusual and unexpected sequence of sonnets. One of the oldest of poetic forms, the sonnet is here re-invented and proves itself, in Clifford's hands, commodious enough for all types of speech, from high diction to gutter slang, all in impeccable rhyme and stanza. Informed throughout with a profound love of music in all its forms, On Abducting the 'Cello ranges from Kodaly to Stevie Wonder, Elmer Fudd to Jung, Emmaus to Treblinka. Written over a period of many years, revised and pondered, and pondered again, this is a startling and delightful collection of poems that succeeds in `making it new' while wrestling with such perennial conundrums as `love's delirious solipsism' in language at once antic and grave, melodious and irrepressibly zany.

How long is On Abducting the 'cello?

On Abducting the 'cello by Wayne Clifford is 68 pages long, and a total of 17,544 words.

This makes it 23% the length of the average book. It also has 21% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read On Abducting the 'cello Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 1 hour and 35 minutes to read On Abducting the 'cello aloud.

What Reading Level is On Abducting the 'cello?

On Abducting the 'cello is suitable for students ages 8 and up.

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