How Long to Read Celluloid Saviours

How Long Does it Take to Read Celluloid Saviours?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 40 minutes to read Celluloid Saviours by Emily Caston

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

Description

In Celluloid Saviours, the author analyses a corpus of US films dating from the silent era that she calls film blanc. In these fantasy films a guardian spirit with extraordinary powers suspends the ordinary, known laws of time and space, and a main character reforms himself or herself in life-changing ways. The author argues that the historical pattern of film blanc relates to the rise and fall of liberal and reform thought in US politics, specifically to conceptions of human nature as a tabula rasa. This conception is evident both in the early feature films featuring angels such as Chaplin’s The Kid and much later examples such as the 1980s box office hit, Trading Places. She argues that this narrative tradition runs from Hollywood’s beginnings to the present day and is foreshadowed in the English ghost stories of Charles Dickens. The classic era of film blanc is epitomised in the enduringly popular film, It’s a Wonderful Life. More recent examples of narrative form analysed by Caston include The Truman Show and Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

How long is Celluloid Saviours?

Celluloid Saviours by Emily Caston 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 Celluloid Saviours Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours to read Celluloid Saviours aloud.

What Reading Level is Celluloid Saviours?

Celluloid Saviours 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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