Ancient Literary Criticism: The Principal Texts in New Translations by D.A. Russell
Published 1972 · 110,000 words · about 9 hours at an average pace · Essays & Criticism
How hard is Ancient Literary Criticism: The Principal Texts in New Translations to read?
Ancient Literary Criticism: The Principal Texts in New Translations scores 67 out of 100 for difficulty on ReadingRate, making it quite demanding. The score is a weighted composite of nine measures: four of how hard the prose is to parse, five of how hard the meaning is to extract.
- Vocabulary: 62 out of 100
- Classical critical vocabulary introduced in helpful introductions.
- Sentence structure: 58 out of 100
- Abstraction: 72 out of 100
- Ancient critical categories require interpretive engagement.
- Information density: 76 out of 100
- Dense with primary text and editorial apparatus.
- Narrative indirection: 14 out of 100
- Critical argument throughout; the editors' framing is direct.
- Symbolic density: 14 out of 100
- Analytical; the sublime and catharsis are analyzed rather than enacted.
- Ironic distance: 12 out of 100
- Scholarly register throughout.
- Resolution withholding: 14 out of 100
- The ancient texts reach their conclusions; the editorial apparatus provides context.
- Structural complexity: 38 out of 100
- Anthology organized chronologically with editorial introductions to each text.
How Ancient Literary Criticism: The Principal Texts in New Translations is regarded
Ancient Literary Criticism: The Principal Texts in New Translations holds a literary regard score of 84 out of 100, weighing its place in the canon, its critical reception, its influence on other writers, and the standing of its author. Regard is measured separately from difficulty: a demanding book is not necessarily an admired one.