How long does it take to read The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry?
Jahan Ramazani, Richard Ellmann
The Norton Anthology of Modern and Contemporary Poetry by Jahan Ramazani, Richard Ellmann takes about 20 hours 50 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 20 hours 50 minutes
A long haul
First published 2003. 1,136 pages, about 312,400 words.
42 days (about 6 weeks) at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 34 hours 43 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 20 hours 50 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 13 hours 1 minute |
The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
A new revision of the classic anthology presents 195 poets and 1,596 poems representing the range of English language modern and contemporary poetry.
Subjects: English poetry, American poetry, Poetry (poetic works by one author)
