How Long to Read Animal Skins and the Reading Self in Medieval Latin and French Bestiaries

How Long Does it Take to Read Animal Skins and the Reading Self in Medieval Latin and French Bestiaries?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 7 minutes to read Animal Skins and the Reading Self in Medieval Latin and French Bestiaries by Sarah Kay

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

Description

Sarah Kay s interests in this book are, first, to examine how medieval bestiaries depict and challenge the boundary between humans and other animals; and second, to register the effects on readers of bestiaries by the simple fact that parchment, the writing support of virtually all medieval texts, is a refined form of animal skin. Surveying the most important works created from the ninth through the thirteenth centuries, Kay connects nature to behavior to Christian doctrine or moral teaching across a range of texts. As Kay shows, medieval thought (like today) was fraught with competing theories about human exceptionalism within creation. Given that medieval bestiaries involve the inscription of texts about and images of animals onto animal hides, these texts, she argues, invite readers to reflect on the inherent fragility of bodies, both human and animal, and the difficulty of distinguishing between skin as a site of mere inscription and skin as a containing envelope for sentient life. It has been more than fifty years since the last major consideration of medieval Latin and French bestiaries was published. Kay brings us up to date in the archive, and contributes to current discussions among animal studies theorists, manuscript studies scholars, historians of the book, and medievalists of many stripes."

How long is Animal Skins and the Reading Self in Medieval Latin and French Bestiaries?

Animal Skins and the Reading Self in Medieval Latin and French Bestiaries by Sarah Kay is 244 pages long, and a total of 61,976 words.

This makes it 82% the length of the average book. It also has 76% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Animal Skins and the Reading Self in Medieval Latin and French Bestiaries Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 38 minutes to read Animal Skins and the Reading Self in Medieval Latin and French Bestiaries aloud.

What Reading Level is Animal Skins and the Reading Self in Medieval Latin and French Bestiaries?

Animal Skins and the Reading Self in Medieval Latin and French Bestiaries is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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