How Long to Read Ben Jonson and the Art of Secrecy

How Long Does it Take to Read Ben Jonson and the Art of Secrecy?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 14 minutes to read Ben Jonson and the Art of Secrecy by William W. E. Slights

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

Description

Secrets accomplish their cultural work by distinguishing the knowable from the (at least temporarily) unknowable, those who know from those who don't. Within these distinctions resides an enormous power that Ben Jonson (1572-1637) both deplored and exploited in his art of making plays. Conspiracies and intrigues are the driving force of Jonson's dramatic universe. Focusing on Sejanus, His Fall; Volpone, or the Fox; Epicoene, or the Silent Woman; The Alchemist; Catiline, His Conspiracy, and Bartholomew Fair, William Slights places Jonson within the context of the secrecy- ridden culture of the court of King James I and provides illuminating readings of his best-known plays. Slights draws on the sociology of secrecy, the history of censorship, and the theory of hermeneutics to investigate secrecy, intrigue, and conspiracy as aspects of Jonsonian dramatic form, contemporary court/city/church politics, and textual interpretation. He argues that the tension between concealment and revelation in the plays affords a model for the poise that sustained Jonson in the intricately linked worlds of royal court and commercial theatre and that made him a pivotal figure in the cultural history of early modern England. Equally rejecting the position that Jonson was a renegade subverter of the arcana imperii and that he was a thorough-going court apologist, Slights finds that the playwright redraws the lines between private and public discourse for his own and subsequent ages.

How long is Ben Jonson and the Art of Secrecy?

Ben Jonson and the Art of Secrecy by William W. E. Slights is 252 pages long, and a total of 63,504 words.

This makes it 85% the length of the average book. It also has 78% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Ben Jonson and the Art of Secrecy Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 47 minutes to read Ben Jonson and the Art of Secrecy aloud.

What Reading Level is Ben Jonson and the Art of Secrecy?

Ben Jonson and the Art of Secrecy is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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