How Long to Read Don Giovanni's Reasons: Thoughts on a Masterpiece

How Long Does it Take to Read Don Giovanni's Reasons: Thoughts on a Masterpiece?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 44 minutes to read Don Giovanni's Reasons: Thoughts on a Masterpiece by Felicity Baker

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

Description

Although Mozart's Don Giovanni (1787) is the most analysed of all operas, Lorenzo Da Ponte's libretto has rarely been studied as a work of poetry in its own right. The author argues that the libretto, rather than perpetuating the conservative religious morality implicit in the story of Don Juan, subjects our culture's myth of human sexuality to a critical rewriting. Combining poetic close reading with approaches drawn from linguistics, psychoanalysis, anthropology, political theory, legal history, intellectual history, literary history, art history and theatrical performance analysis, she studies the Don Giovanni libretto as a radical political text of the Late Enlightenment, which has lost none of its ability to provoke. The questions it raises concerning the nature of compassion, seduction and violence, and the autonomy and responsibility of the individual, are still highly relevant for us today.

How long is Don Giovanni's Reasons: Thoughts on a Masterpiece?

Don Giovanni's Reasons: Thoughts on a Masterpiece by Felicity Baker is 218 pages long, and a total of 56,244 words.

This makes it 74% the length of the average book. It also has 69% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Don Giovanni's Reasons: Thoughts on a Masterpiece Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 7 minutes to read Don Giovanni's Reasons: Thoughts on a Masterpiece aloud.

What Reading Level is Don Giovanni's Reasons: Thoughts on a Masterpiece?

Don Giovanni's Reasons: Thoughts on a Masterpiece 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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