It takes the average reader 5 hours and 8 minutes to read Pastoral Elegy in Contemporary British and Irish Poetry by Iain Twiddy
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Defying critical suggestions that the pastoral elegy is obsolete, Iain Twiddy reveals the popularity of the form in the work of major contemporary poets Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes and Paul Muldoon, Michael Longley, Douglas Dunn and Peter Reading. As Twiddy outlines the development of the form, he identifies its characteristics and functions. But more importantly his study accounts for the enduring appeal of the pastoral elegy, why poets look to its conventions during times of personal distress and social disharmony, and how it allows them to recover from grief, loss and destruction. Informed...
Pastoral Elegy in Contemporary British and Irish Poetry by Iain Twiddy is 304 pages long, and a total of 77,216 words.
This makes it 103% the length of the average book. It also has 94% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 1 minute to read Pastoral Elegy in Contemporary British and Irish Poetry aloud.
Pastoral Elegy in Contemporary British and Irish Poetry is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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