How Long to Read Popular Songs and Ballads of Han China

How Long Does it Take to Read Popular Songs and Ballads of Han China?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 22 minutes to read Popular Songs and Ballads of Han China by Anne Birrell

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

Description

This book, first published in 1988, compiles 77 songs and ballads (yüeh-fu) of early imperial China (200 BC – AD 300). Each song-text is newly translated and fully annotated and explicated. Dr Birrell deals systematically with problems of the earliest sources, dating, attribution, textual variants, multiforms, metre, generic title, song title and structure. This careful and thorough treatment is especially necessary for a corpus of anonymous popular texts which are often corrupt, structurally confusing, laconic and full of nonsense words and colloquialisms. Her introductory essay provides a socio-historical context for this material and charts its literary transmission, while singling out special characteristics of the genre, such as musical, oral and dramatic elements. The main text, arranged into eleven chapters plus an introduction, is supplemented by notes, appendices, maps, chronology, bibliography and index.

How long is Popular Songs and Ballads of Han China?

Popular Songs and Ballads of Han China by Anne Birrell is 261 pages long, and a total of 65,511 words.

This makes it 88% the length of the average book. It also has 80% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Popular Songs and Ballads of Han China Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 57 minutes to read Popular Songs and Ballads of Han China aloud.

What Reading Level is Popular Songs and Ballads of Han China?

Popular Songs and Ballads of Han China 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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