How Long to Read Victorian Poets and the Changing Bible

How Long Does it Take to Read Victorian Poets and the Changing Bible?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 8 minutes to read Victorian Poets and the Changing Bible by Charles LaPorte

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

Description

Victorian Poets and the Changing Bible charts the impact of post-Enlightenment biblical criticism on English literary culture. The eighteenth and nineteenth centuries saw a widespread reevaluation of biblical inspiration, in which the Bible’s poetic nature came to be seen as an integral part of its religious significance. Understandably, then, many poets who followed this interpretative revolution—including Alfred, Lord Tennyson, Robert Browning, and Elizabeth Barrett Browning—came to reconceive their highest vocational ambitions: if the Bible is essentially poetry, then modern poetry might perform a cultural role akin to that of scripture. This context equally illuminates the aims and achievements of famous Victorian unbelievers such as Arthur Hugh Clough and George Eliot, who also responded enthusiastically to the poetic ideal of an inspired text. Building upon a recent and ongoing reevaluation of religion as a vital aspect of Victorian culture, Charles LaPorte shows the enduring relevance of religion in a period usually associated with its decline. In doing so, he helps to delineate the midcentury shape of a literary dynamic that is generally better understood in Romantic poetry of the earlier part of the century. The poets he examines all wrestled with modern findings about the Bible's fortuitous historical composition, yet they owed much of their extraordinary literary success to their ability to capitalize upon the progress of avant-garde biblical interpretation. This book's revisionary and provocative thesis speaks not only to the course of English poetics but also to the logic of nineteenth-century literary hierarchies and to the continuing evolution of religion in the modern era. Victorian Literature and Culture Series

How long is Victorian Poets and the Changing Bible?

Victorian Poets and the Changing Bible by Charles LaPorte is 304 pages long, and a total of 77,216 words.

This makes it 103% the length of the average book. It also has 94% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Victorian Poets and the Changing Bible Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 1 minute to read Victorian Poets and the Changing Bible aloud.

What Reading Level is Victorian Poets and the Changing Bible?

Victorian Poets and the Changing Bible is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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