How Long to Read The Edge of Modernism

How Long Does it Take to Read The Edge of Modernism?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 14 minutes to read The Edge of Modernism by Walter Kalaidjian

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

Description

In The Edge of Modernism, Walter Kalaidjian explores American poetry on genocide, the Holocaust, and total war as well as on postwar social antagonisms, racial oppression, and domestic violence. By asking what it means for traumatic memory to have agency in the American verse tradition, Kalaidjian creates an original historical account of how American poets became witnesses, often unconsciously, to modern extremity. Combining psychoanalytic theory and cultural studies, this intense, sweeping account of modern poetics analyzes the ways in which literary form gives testimony to the trauma of twentieth-century history. Through close readings of well-known and less familiar poets—among them Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, Claude McKay, Edwin Rolfe, Sylvia Plath, Adrienne Rich, Peter Balakian, Rachel Blau DuPlessis, Anne Sexton, and Anthony Hecht—Kalaidjian discerns the latent "edge" of modern trauma as it cuts through the literary representations, themes, and formal techniques of twentieth-century American poetics. In this way, The Edge of Modernism advances an innovative and dynamic model of modern periodization.

How long is The Edge of Modernism?

The Edge of Modernism by Walter Kalaidjian is 252 pages long, and a total of 63,504 words.

This makes it 85% the length of the average book. It also has 78% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Edge of Modernism Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 47 minutes to read The Edge of Modernism aloud.

What Reading Level is The Edge of Modernism?

The Edge of Modernism 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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