How Long to Read Arts of Possession

How Long Does it Take to Read Arts of Possession?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 25 minutes to read Arts of Possession by D. Vance Smith

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

Description

An innovative work of both economic anthropology and literary history, Arts of Possession draws on philosophical, theoretical, literary, historical, and archival sources and insights to situate the household at the center of the social and cultural imagination of fourteenth-century England. D. Vance Smith argues that in a period commonly represented as precapitalist there actually existed a sophisticated economic discourse -- and that discourse underlies common forms of representation and the writing of literary texts. His work provides a new historiography of capital and of the development of the relation between economic sophistication and cultural practices. Smith reads well-known and less-appreciated works -- such as Winner and Waster, Sir Launfal, The Canterbury Tales, and Piers Plowman -- for what they can tell us about the surpluses and economies that drew the medieval imagination, and about the complex ethics of possession at the heart of the fourteenth-century household. In bringing this to light, Smith's book itself becomes an eloquent meditation on the poetics and ethics of possession.

How long is Arts of Possession?

Arts of Possession by D. Vance Smith is 376 pages long, and a total of 96,256 words.

This makes it 127% the length of the average book. It also has 118% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Arts of Possession Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 45 minutes to read Arts of Possession aloud.

What Reading Level is Arts of Possession?

Arts of Possession is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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