How Long to Read Desire, Violence, and Divinity in Modern Southern Fiction

How Long Does it Take to Read Desire, Violence, and Divinity in Modern Southern Fiction?

It takes the average reader 5 hours to read Desire, Violence, and Divinity in Modern Southern Fiction by Gary M. Ciuba

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

Description

In this groundbreaking study, Gary M. Ciuba examines how four of the South's most probing writers of twentieth-century fiction -- Katherine Anne Porter, Flannery O'Connor, Cormac McCarthy, and Walker Percy -- expose the roots of violence in southern culture. Ciuba draws on the paradigm of mimetic violence developed by cultural and literary critic René Girard, who maintains that individual human nature is shaped by the desire to imitate a model. Mimetic desire may lead in turn to rivalry, cruelty, and ultimately community-sanctioned -- and sometimes ritually sanctified -- victimization of...

How long is Desire, Violence, and Divinity in Modern Southern Fiction?

Desire, Violence, and Divinity in Modern Southern Fiction by Gary M. Ciuba is 300 pages long, and a total of 75,000 words.

This makes it 101% the length of the average book. It also has 92% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Desire, Violence, and Divinity in Modern Southern Fiction Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 49 minutes to read Desire, Violence, and Divinity in Modern Southern Fiction aloud.

What Reading Level is Desire, Violence, and Divinity in Modern Southern Fiction?

Desire, Violence, and Divinity in Modern Southern Fiction 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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