How Long to Read Simon Armitage

How Long Does it Take to Read Simon Armitage?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 32 minutes to read Simon Armitage by Ian Gregson

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

Description

"Simon Armitage is one of the most compelling figures in contemporary literature, most conspicuously because of his charismatic style, but also because he has brought into poetry an irreverent, streetwise gusto and a kind of knowledge that often seems to come from outside poetry altogether. But this book is organised thematically in order to stress that Armitage is a considerable intellectual who tackles a wide range of issues. Geography is one of these: his poetry represents a shift in paradigm from time to space. So his poems continuously express a spatial awareness which creates the particular kinds of specificity -- of location and imagery -- which give his work depth in the metaphorical sense. Another key concern is gender: Armitage's reflections on masculinity are a consistent feature of all his writing, and he is especially acute about the drives and insecurities that fuel the most obsessive and off-handed, apparently gratuitously destructive behaviour. However serious the issue, though, Armitage retains his affinity for the comic mode. He is drawn to its earthy, unpretentious idioms, and its exhilirating habit of dwelling on the possibilities of renewal and happy endings. That makes the recent ecological turn in Armitage's writing especially promising. I am certain that this is a direction his work will increasingly take; but his fondness for the comic mode ensures that he will approach the subject with a vivid sense of how the ecocentric and the anthropocentric incongruously mingle, and of the still open possibilities for change and regeneration."--Publisher's description.

How long is Simon Armitage?

Simon Armitage by Ian Gregson is 92 pages long, and a total of 23,184 words.

This makes it 31% the length of the average book. It also has 28% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Simon Armitage Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 6 minutes to read Simon Armitage aloud.

What Reading Level is Simon Armitage?

Simon Armitage is suitable for students ages 10 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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