How Long to Read Cervantes' Epic Novel

How Long Does it Take to Read Cervantes' Epic Novel?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 30 minutes to read Cervantes' Epic Novel by Michael Armstrong-Roche

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

Description

Miguel de Cervantes conceived his final work, The Labours of Persiles and Sigismunda: A Northern Story (1617), as a great prose epic that would accomplish for its age what Homer and Virgil had done for theirs. And yet, by the eighteenth century Don Quixote had eclipsed Persiles in the favour of readers and writers alike and the later novel is now virtually forgotten except by specialists. This study sets out to help restore Persiles to pride of place within Cervantes's corpus by reading it as the author's summa, as a boldly new kind of prose epic that casts an original light on the major political, religious, social, and literary debates of its era. At the same time it seeks to illuminate how such a lofty and solemn ambition could coexist with Cervantes evident urge to delight. Grounded in the novel's multiple contexts - literature, history and politics, philosophy and theology - and in close reading of the text, Michael Armstrong-Roche aims to reshape our understanding of Persiles within the history of prose fiction and to take part in the ongoing conversation about the relationship between literary and non-literary cultural forms. Ultimately he reveals how Cervantes recast the prose epic, expanding it in new directions to accommodate the great epic themes - politics, love, and religion - to the most urgent concerns of his day.

How long is Cervantes' Epic Novel?

Cervantes' Epic Novel by Michael Armstrong-Roche is 384 pages long, and a total of 97,536 words.

This makes it 130% the length of the average book. It also has 119% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Cervantes' Epic Novel Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 52 minutes to read Cervantes' Epic Novel aloud.

What Reading Level is Cervantes' Epic Novel?

Cervantes' Epic Novel 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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