How Long to Read The Ekphrastic Encounter in Contemporary British Poetry and Elsewhere

By Dr David Kennedy

How Long Does it Take to Read The Ekphrastic Encounter in Contemporary British Poetry and Elsewhere?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 20 minutes to read The Ekphrastic Encounter in Contemporary British Poetry and Elsewhere by Dr David Kennedy

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Description

Examining a wide range of ekphrastic poems, David Kennedy argues that contemporary British poets writing out of both mainstream and avant-garde traditions challenge established critical models of ekphrasis with work that is more complex than representational or counter-representational responses to paintings in museums and galleries. Even when the poem appears to be straightforwardly representational, it is often selectively so, producing a 'virtual' work that doesn't exist in actuality. Poets such as Kelvin Corcoran, Peter Hughes, and Gillian Clarke, Kennedy suggests, relish the ekphrastic...

How long is The Ekphrastic Encounter in Contemporary British Poetry and Elsewhere?

The Ekphrastic Encounter in Contemporary British Poetry and Elsewhere by Dr David Kennedy is 196 pages long, and a total of 50,176 words.

This makes it 66% the length of the average book. It also has 61% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Ekphrastic Encounter in Contemporary British Poetry and Elsewhere Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 34 minutes to read The Ekphrastic Encounter in Contemporary British Poetry and Elsewhere aloud.

What Reading Level is The Ekphrastic Encounter in Contemporary British Poetry and Elsewhere?

The Ekphrastic Encounter in Contemporary British Poetry and Elsewhere is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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