How Long to Read Burning with Desire

By Geoffrey Batchen

How Long Does it Take to Read Burning with Desire?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 52 minutes to read Burning with Desire by Geoffrey Batchen

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

Description

In an 1828 letter to his partner, Nicéphore Niépce, Louis Daguerre wrote, "I am burning with desire to see your experiments from nature." In this book, Geoffrey Batchen analyzes the desire to photograph as it emerged within the philosophical and scientific milieus that preceded the actual invention of photography. Recent accounts of photography's identity tend to divide between the postmodern view that all identity is determined by context and a formalist effort to define the fundamental characteristics of photography as a medium. Batchen critiques both approaches by way of a detailed...

How long is Burning with Desire?

Burning with Desire by Geoffrey Batchen is 286 pages long, and a total of 73,216 words.

This makes it 97% the length of the average book. It also has 89% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Burning with Desire Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 40 minutes to read Burning with Desire aloud.

What Reading Level is Burning with Desire?

Burning with Desire 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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