It takes the average reader 5 hours and 44 minutes to read The Homeric Simile in Comparative Perspectives by Jonathan L. Ready
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The Homeric Simile in Comparative Perspectives: Oral Traditions from Saudi Arabia to Indonesia investigates both the construction of the Homeric simile and the performance of Homeric poetry from neglected comparative perspectives, offering a revealing exploration of what made the epics such powerful examples of verbal artistry. Divided into two parts, the volume first considers similes in five modern oral poetries-Rajasthani epic, South Sumatran epic, Kyrgyz epic, Bosniac epic, and Najdi lyric poems from Saudi Arabia-and studies successful performances by still other verbal artists, such as...
The Homeric Simile in Comparative Perspectives by Jonathan L. Ready is 336 pages long, and a total of 86,016 words.
This makes it 113% the length of the average book. It also has 105% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 50 minutes to read The Homeric Simile in Comparative Perspectives aloud.
The Homeric Simile in Comparative Perspectives is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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