How Long to Read The Canzoniere

How Long Does it Take to Read The Canzoniere?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 4 minutes to read The Canzoniere by Francesco Petrarca

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

Description

Francesco Petrarca (1304-74) has been described as the 'first modern man of letters' and his influence on the European lyric tradition has been widespread. The poems of his Canzoniere, closely associated as they are with the enigmatic figure of Laura, were soon to become the models for love-poetry in nearly all major European literatures in the Renaissance. The new translations here use the same rhyme schemes and broadly the same metres as those used by Petrarch himself. The facing English texts are thus not intended to be absolutely literal, but to reflect the inner meanings and moods of the originals, with some further literal translations of difficult passages added in the notes. The notes to the poems also cover their likely dates, mythological allusions, certain background settings, and a number of other calendrical and structural features which appear to emerge from the actual sequencing of the collection itself. There is also a section on old Italian syntax. and other linguistic aids. The new translation of Petrarch's Rerum Vulgarian Fragmenta is in two separate volumes.

How long is The Canzoniere?

The Canzoniere by Francesco Petrarca is 302 pages long, and a total of 76,104 words.

This makes it 102% the length of the average book. It also has 93% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Canzoniere Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 55 minutes to read The Canzoniere aloud.

What Reading Level is The Canzoniere?

The Canzoniere 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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