How Long to Read Waking Giants

How Long Does it Take to Read Waking Giants?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 49 minutes to read Waking Giants by Herbert N. Schneidau

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

Description

This is a study of the most paradoxical aspect of modernism, its obsession with the past. Eliot wrote that the artist must be conscious "not only of the pastness of the past, but of its presence." This creed permeated the movement: Modernists believed that the energies of the past could be resurrected in modern works, and that they could be the very force that makes those works modern: the urge of Pound and others to "make it new" stemmed from seeing the past as a source of renewal. Schneidau focuses on separate texts that incorporate these concepts: Joyce's Ulysses, Hardy's poems, Forster's...

How long is Waking Giants?

Waking Giants by Herbert N. Schneidau is 279 pages long, and a total of 72,261 words.

This makes it 94% the length of the average book. It also has 88% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Waking Giants Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 34 minutes to read Waking Giants aloud.

What Reading Level is Waking Giants?

Waking Giants is suitable for students ages 12 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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