How Long to Read Carnival and Literature in Early Modern England

How Long Does it Take to Read Carnival and Literature in Early Modern England?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 43 minutes to read Carnival and Literature in Early Modern England by Dr Jennifer C Vaught

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

Description

Carnival and Literature in Early Modern England explores the elite and popular festive materials appropriated by authors during the English Renaissance in a wide range of dramatic and non-dramatic texts. Although historical records of rural, urban, and courtly seasonal customs in early modern England exist only in fragmentary form, Jennifer Vaught traces the sustained impact of festivals and rituals on the plays and poetry of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English writers. She focuses on the diverse ways in which Shakespeare, Spenser, Marlowe, Dekker, Jonson, Milton and Herrick incorporated the carnivalesque in their works. Further, she demonstrates how these early modern texts were used–and misused–by later writers, performers, and inventors of spectacles, notably Mardi Gras krewes organizing parades in the American Deep South. The works featured here often highlight violent conflicts between individuals of different ranks, ethnicities, and religions, which the author argues reflect the social realities of the time. These Renaissance writers responded to republican, egalitarian notions of liberty for the populace with radical support, ambivalence, or conservative opposition. Ultimately, the vital, folkloric dimension of these plays and poems challenges the notion that canonical works by Shakespeare and his contemporaries belong only to 'high' and not to 'low' culture.

How long is Carnival and Literature in Early Modern England?

Carnival and Literature in Early Modern England by Dr Jennifer C Vaught is 222 pages long, and a total of 55,944 words.

This makes it 75% the length of the average book. It also has 68% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Carnival and Literature in Early Modern England Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 5 minutes to read Carnival and Literature in Early Modern England aloud.

What Reading Level is Carnival and Literature in Early Modern England?

Carnival and Literature in Early Modern England 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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