How Long to Read Studies in the Metre of Alliterative Verse

How Long Does it Take to Read Studies in the Metre of Alliterative Verse?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 57 minutes to read Studies in the Metre of Alliterative Verse by Ad Putter

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

Description

'For editors of alliterative verse, this book is essential reading'. Susanna Fein, Speculum, lxxxv (2010), pp. 457 - 458. 'A model of meticulousness and sensible argument'. Thomas Bredehoft, Review of English Studies, lx (2009), pp. 802 - 804. The volume provides a comprehensive study of the metre of the unrhymed poems of the Alliterative Revival. It includes detailed analysis and discussion of line endings, alliterative patterning, historical grammar, the relationship between linguistic stress and beat, and presents new discoveries regarding the metrical rules of the a-verse. Readers interested in the metre and textual criticism of alliterative poems, such as Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, The Siege of Jerusalem and the Alexander fragments, will find this monograph 'an outstanding, scholarly, assured and important work' (Ruth Kennedy, Royal Holloway, University of London).

How long is Studies in the Metre of Alliterative Verse?

Studies in the Metre of Alliterative Verse by Ad Putter is 288 pages long, and a total of 74,304 words.

This makes it 97% the length of the average book. It also has 91% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Studies in the Metre of Alliterative Verse Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 46 minutes to read Studies in the Metre of Alliterative Verse aloud.

What Reading Level is Studies in the Metre of Alliterative Verse?

Studies in the Metre of Alliterative Verse 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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