It takes the average reader 6 hours and 27 minutes to read Chaucer and the Making of Optical Space by Peter Brown
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
The author links Chaucer's writings with the medieval optical tradition in its various forms (scholastic texts, encyclopedias, exempla, vernacular poetry) both in general cultural terms and through the discussion of specific examples. He shows how the science of optics, or perspectiva, provides an account of spatial perception, including visual error, and demonstrates how these aspects of optical theory impact on Chaucer's poetry. He provides detailed and sustained analysis of the spatial content of narratives across the range of Chaucer's works, relating them to optical ideas and making use...
Chaucer and the Making of Optical Space by Peter Brown is 377 pages long, and a total of 96,889 words.
This makes it 127% the length of the average book. It also has 118% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 49 minutes to read Chaucer and the Making of Optical Space aloud.
Chaucer and the Making of Optical Space is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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