How Long to Read Birthing Bodies in Early Modern France

How Long Does it Take to Read Birthing Bodies in Early Modern France?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 40 minutes to read Birthing Bodies in Early Modern France by Kirk D. Read

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

Description

The pregnant, birthing, and nurturing body is a recurring topos in early modern French literature. Such bodies, often metaphors for issues and anxieties obtaining to the gendered control of social and political institutions, acquired much of their descriptive power from contemporaneous medical and scientific discourse. In this study, Kirk Read brings together literary and medical texts that represent a range of views, from lyric poets, satirists and polemicists, to midwives and surgeons, all of whom explore the popular sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century narratives of birth in France....

How long is Birthing Bodies in Early Modern France?

Birthing Bodies in Early Modern France by Kirk D. Read is 220 pages long, and a total of 55,000 words.

This makes it 74% the length of the average book. It also has 67% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Birthing Bodies in Early Modern France Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours to read Birthing Bodies in Early Modern France aloud.

What Reading Level is Birthing Bodies in Early Modern France?

Birthing Bodies in Early Modern France 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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