How Long to Read The Resistance to Poetry

By James Longenbach

How Long Does it Take to Read The Resistance to Poetry?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 26 minutes to read The Resistance to Poetry by James Longenbach

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

Description

Poems inspire our trust, argues James Longenbach in this bracing work, because they don't necessarily ask to be trusted. Theirs is the language of self-questioning—metaphors that turn against themselves, syntax that moves one way because it threatens to move another. Poems resist themselves more strenuously than they are resisted by the cultures receiving them. But the resistance to poetry is quite specifically the wonder of poetry. Considering a wide array of poets, from Virgil and Milton to Dickinson and Glück, Longenbach suggests that poems convey knowledge only inasmuch as they refuse to...

How long is The Resistance to Poetry?

The Resistance to Poetry by James Longenbach is 144 pages long, and a total of 36,576 words.

This makes it 49% the length of the average book. It also has 45% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Resistance to Poetry Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 19 minutes to read The Resistance to Poetry aloud.

What Reading Level is The Resistance to Poetry?

The Resistance to Poetry 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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