It takes the average reader 6 hours and 40 minutes to read Verse Libel in Renaissance England and Scotland by Steven W. May
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In Renaissance England and Scotland, verse libel was no mere sub-division of verse satire but a fully-developed, widely-read poetic genre in its own right. This fact has been hidden from literary historians by the nature of the genre itself: defamation was rigorously prosecuted by state and local authorities throughout the period. Thus most (but not all) libelling, in verse or prose, was confined to manuscript circulation. This comprehensive survey of the genre identifies all sixteenth-century verse libel texts, printed and transcribed. It makes fifty-two of the least familiar of these poems...
Verse Libel in Renaissance England and Scotland by Steven W. May is 400 pages long, and a total of 100,000 words.
This makes it 135% the length of the average book. It also has 122% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 9 hours and 6 minutes to read Verse Libel in Renaissance England and Scotland aloud.
Verse Libel in Renaissance England and Scotland is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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