How Long to Read The Poetry of Li He

How Long Does it Take to Read The Poetry of Li He?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 2 minutes to read The Poetry of Li He by Robert Ashmore

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

Description

Li He (790-816) holds a place in China's poetic history somewhat outside the mainstream, but in every generation of readers there have been those who have found his intense and often cryptic lyrical visions irresistibly fascinating and utterly without parallel. He is renowned particularly for his lyrical reimaginings of song traditions from the ancient past, and his premature death, along with the otherworldly quality of many of his works, led later readers to view him as the emblematic cursed poet, whose fascination with ancient history, with ghosts, and with celestial and demonic beings seemed to presage the brevity of his own existence. Li He's style and diction are often idiosyncratic and even hermetic, and his work presents daunting challenges to readers wishing to follow the flights of his imagination, or simply to construe the basic sense of his language. This volume presents close translations of all of Li He's poetry, in facing-page format with the original texts, with explanatory notes on literary and historical references and difficult points of interpretation, along with endnotes briefly discussing textual variants and other technical matters. Taken together, these features will be a welcome aid to readers wishing to explore Li He's poetic worlds first-hand.

How long is The Poetry of Li He?

The Poetry of Li He by Robert Ashmore is 301 pages long, and a total of 75,551 words.

This makes it 102% the length of the average book. It also has 92% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Poetry of Li He Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 52 minutes to read The Poetry of Li He aloud.

What Reading Level is The Poetry of Li He?

The Poetry of Li He is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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