How Long to Read 'A New Type of History'

How Long Does it Take to Read 'A New Type of History'?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 36 minutes to read 'A New Type of History' by Beverley Southgate

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

Description

Linking fiction with history and historical theory, 'A New Type of History': Fictional Proposals for dealing with the Past focuses on a selection of nineteenth- and twentieth-century novelists – Tolstoy, Proust, John Cowper Powys, Virginia Woolf, Wyndham Lewis, Penelope Lively, and James Hamilton-Paterson – who have criticized scientifically based history and proposed alternative ways of approaching the past: more subjective and personal, colourful and imaginative, and above all ethically orientated. In this, it is argued, they have been reverting to an earlier rhetorical model for history, which is now being increasingly adopted by practising historians. This ‘new type of history’ may lack the claimed ‘objectivity’ and ‘truth’ of its immediate predecessor, but it opens the way for an ethically focused subject that may be used (in Nietzsche’s words) ‘for the purpose of life’. Providing a new take on both novelists and historiography, and ranging widely from the nineteenth century to the present day, this cross-disciplinary study will be valuable reading for all those interested in the intersection and interplay between fiction and history.

How long is 'A New Type of History'?

'A New Type of History' by Beverley Southgate is 154 pages long, and a total of 39,116 words.

This makes it 52% the length of the average book. It also has 48% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read 'A New Type of History' Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 33 minutes to read 'A New Type of History' aloud.

What Reading Level is 'A New Type of History'?

'A New Type of History' is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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