It takes the average reader 3 hours and 27 minutes to read David Foster Wallace and the Body by Peter Sloane
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
David Foster Wallace and the Body is the first full-length study to focus on Wallace’s career-long fascination with the human body and the textual representation of the body. The book provides engaging, accessible close readings that highlight the importance of the overlooked, and yet central theme of all of this major American author’s works: having a body. Wallace repeatedly made clear that good fiction is about what it means to be a ‘human being’. A large part of what that means is having a body, and being conscious of the conflicts that arise, morally and physically, as a result; a fact...
David Foster Wallace and the Body by Peter Sloane is 204 pages long, and a total of 51,816 words.
This makes it 69% the length of the average book. It also has 63% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 43 minutes to read David Foster Wallace and the Body aloud.
David Foster Wallace and the Body is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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