How Long to Read Songs of Contentment and Transgression

How Long Does it Take to Read Songs of Contentment and Transgression?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 16 minutes to read Songs of Contentment and Transgression by Tian Yuan Tan

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

Description

A discharged official in mid-Ming China faced significant changes in his life. This book explores three such officials in the sixteenth century—Wang Jiusi, Kang Hai, and Li Kaixian—who turned to literary endeavors when forced to retire. Instead of the formal writing expected of scholar-officials, however, they chose to engage in the stigmatized genre ofqu (songs), a collective term for drama and sanqu. As their efforts reveal, a disappointing end to an official career and a physical move away from the center led to their embrace of qu and the pursuit of a marginalized literary genre. This...

How long is Songs of Contentment and Transgression?

Songs of Contentment and Transgression by Tian Yuan Tan is 313 pages long, and a total of 79,189 words.

This makes it 106% the length of the average book. It also has 97% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Songs of Contentment and Transgression Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 12 minutes to read Songs of Contentment and Transgression aloud.

What Reading Level is Songs of Contentment and Transgression?

Songs of Contentment and Transgression 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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