It takes the average reader 9 hours and 8 minutes to read Walt Whitman: The Measure of His Song by Jim Perlman
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
First published to wide critical acclaim in 1981, this revised and expanded monumental anthology charts the ongoing American and international response to the legacy of the seminal poet Walt Whitman (1819-1892). Beginning with Ralph Waldo Emerson's famous 1855 letter ("I greet you at the beginning of a great career..."), this new edition contains responses from Thoreau, Pound, Lawrence, Neruda, Borges, Ginsberg, Jordan, Duncan, Le Sueur, Rich, Snyder and Alexie, among many others. "I know of no more convincing proof of Walt Whitman's impact upon the poetic mind (both at home and abroad) than...
Walt Whitman: The Measure of His Song by Jim Perlman is 536 pages long, and a total of 137,216 words.
This makes it 181% the length of the average book. It also has 168% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 12 hours and 29 minutes to read Walt Whitman: The Measure of His Song aloud.
Walt Whitman: The Measure of His Song is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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