It takes the average reader 4 hours and 50 minutes to read Chaucer and Costume by Laura Fulkerson Hodges
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Clothing and accessories in the middle ages functioned socially as status symbols, counted economically as portable wealth, and signified metaphorically the wearer's spiritual condition. Chaucer's costume descriptions suggest all of these connotations and more. This book presents the first sustained literary analysis of the meanings inherent in the costumes of Chaucer's secular pilgrims, illuminating the extent of their (non)conformity in their dress to fourteenth-century occupational, socio-political, and religious norms. The author discusses the significance of individual fabrics, dyes,...
Chaucer and Costume by Laura Fulkerson Hodges is 285 pages long, and a total of 72,675 words.
This makes it 96% the length of the average book. It also has 89% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 37 minutes to read Chaucer and Costume aloud.
Chaucer and Costume is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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