How Long to Read Songs of Love and Grief

How Long Does it Take to Read Songs of Love and Grief?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 26 minutes to read Songs of Love and Grief by Heinrich Heine

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

Description

Heinrich Heine (1797-1856) is undoubtedly Germany's most significant poet of the nineteenth century, second in importance only to Goethe. Heine's poetry appeared in all major European languages and was immensely popular throughout the nineteenth century, but has been neglected by modern readers. Now the eminent translator Walter W. Arndt has rectified this situation by producing sparkling new translations of Heine's love poems. Although many of Heine's poems are deceptively simple on the surface, the multiple allusions, word plays, and shifts and breaks in diction and tone make them almost untranslatable. Arndt not only renders the meaning of the originals, but preserves the poems' rhyme schemes as well as their moods and multiple cultural resonances. Arndt captures both the simplicity of the Germanic folk song structure and the Romantic pathos and imagery that Heine both evokes and undermines, revealing the identification with and alienation from German culture expressed so poignantly in Heine's poetry. This bilingual edition includes an illuminating introduction by Heine scholar Jeffrey L. Sammons.

How long is Songs of Love and Grief?

Songs of Love and Grief by Heinrich Heine is 258 pages long, and a total of 66,564 words.

This makes it 87% the length of the average book. It also has 81% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Songs of Love and Grief Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 3 minutes to read Songs of Love and Grief aloud.

What Reading Level is Songs of Love and Grief?

Songs of Love and Grief 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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