How Long to Read Chaucer's Poetic Alchemy

How Long Does it Take to Read Chaucer's Poetic Alchemy?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 28 minutes to read Chaucer's Poetic Alchemy by Sheila Fisher

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

Description

Originally published in 1988. The economic changes and the growth of commerce in fourteenth century England precipitated both social changes and a preoccupation with material wealth. This book examines Chaucer's treatment of economic and ethical value in The Canterbury Tales within the context of contemporary economic and social change and in relation to the scholastic economic theory that attempted to formulate ethical standards for commercial conduct. The importance of value and its determination and transformation is evident from the two enterprises that Chaucer defines as the motivating principles for his poem. The pilgrimage to St. Thomas's shrine should effect a transformation of their spiritual value. The story-telling competition that produces the tales themselves is established to judge the value of the pilgrims' literary productions. In the Middle Ages, economic value and ethical value were not perceived as unrelated phenomena. Chaucer's concern with the interrelationship of material and moral value is apparent in the number of pilgrims who are interested in material value at the obvious expense of moral value. This book examines this along with a discussion or money's growing importance in the late Middle Ages and the determination of its value.

How long is Chaucer's Poetic Alchemy?

Chaucer's Poetic Alchemy by Sheila Fisher is 318 pages long, and a total of 82,044 words.

This makes it 107% the length of the average book. It also has 100% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Chaucer's Poetic Alchemy Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 28 minutes to read Chaucer's Poetic Alchemy aloud.

What Reading Level is Chaucer's Poetic Alchemy?

Chaucer's Poetic Alchemy 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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