How Long to Read The Poetics of the Antarctic

How Long Does it Take to Read The Poetics of the Antarctic?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 5 minutes to read The Poetics of the Antarctic by William E. Lenz

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

Description

The thesis of this book is that the 19th-century interest in the Antarctic functions for modern scholars as an important index to American self-discovery and self-definition from the 1830s onward. According to the author, American hopes for confirming identity came to be focused on an unlikely goal, the discovery of the illusive Antarctic continent. By examining in detail one literary product of the U.S. Exploring Expedition (1838-1842) to Antarctica, James Croxall Palmer's epic poem Thulia: A Tale of the Antarctic (1843), and its revision, The Antarctic Mariner's Song (1868), and by locating these works within their cultural context, Lenz reveals the significance and changing meaning of exploration to emerging American concepts of nationhood. The volume also considers the tradition of American sea fiction in the works of such writers as James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe, and Herman Melville, arguing that for these writers the Antarctic was a locus of symbolic meaning while for Palmer it was a process of individual and collective perception. The 1868 version of the Palmer poem is attached here as an appendix. A useful bibliography follows that appendix.

How long is The Poetics of the Antarctic?

The Poetics of the Antarctic by William E. Lenz is 183 pages long, and a total of 46,299 words.

This makes it 62% the length of the average book. It also has 57% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Poetics of the Antarctic Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 13 minutes to read The Poetics of the Antarctic aloud.

What Reading Level is The Poetics of the Antarctic?

The Poetics of the Antarctic is suitable for students ages 10 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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