How Long to Read Detective Fiction and the Rise of Forensic Science

How Long Does it Take to Read Detective Fiction and the Rise of Forensic Science?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 19 minutes to read Detective Fiction and the Rise of Forensic Science by Ronald R. Thomas

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

Description

This is a book about the relationship between the development of forensic science in the nineteenth century and the invention of the new literary genre of detective fiction in Britain and America. Ronald R. Thomas examines the criminal body as a site of interpretation and enforcement in a wide range of fictional examples, from Poe, Dickens and Hawthorne through Twain and Conan Doyle to Hammett, Chandler and Christie. He is especially concerned with the authority the literary detective manages to secure through the 'devices' - fingerprinting, photography, lie detectors - with which he discovers the truth and establishes his expertise, and the way in which those devices relate to broader questions of cultural authority at decisive moments in the history of the genre. This is an interdisciplinary project, framing readings of literary texts with an analysis of contemporaneous developments in criminology, the rules of evidence, and modern scientific accounts of identity.

How long is Detective Fiction and the Rise of Forensic Science?

Detective Fiction and the Rise of Forensic Science by Ronald R. Thomas is 368 pages long, and a total of 94,944 words.

This makes it 124% the length of the average book. It also has 116% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Detective Fiction and the Rise of Forensic Science Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 38 minutes to read Detective Fiction and the Rise of Forensic Science aloud.

What Reading Level is Detective Fiction and the Rise of Forensic Science?

Detective Fiction and the Rise of Forensic Science 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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