How Long to Read Edward Gibbon and the Shape of History

How Long Does it Take to Read Edward Gibbon and the Shape of History?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 55 minutes to read Edward Gibbon and the Shape of History by Charlotte Roberts

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

Description

Edward Gibbon's presentation of character in both the History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire and in his posthumously published Memoirs demonstrates a prevailing interest in the values of transcendent heroism and individual liberty, but also an insistent awareness of the dangers these values pose to coherence and narrative order. In this study, Charlotte Roberts demonstrates how these dynamics also inform the 'character' of the Decline and Fall: in which ironic difference confronts enervating uniformity; oddity counters specious lucidity; and revision combats repetition. Edward Gibbon and the Shape of History explores the Decline and Fall as a work of scholarship and of literature, tracing both its expansive outline and its expressive details. A close examination of each of the three instalments of Gibbon's history reveals an intimate relationship between the style of Gibbon's narrative and the overall shape of his historiographical composition. The constant interplay between style and substance, or between the particular details of composition and the larger patterns of argument and narrative, informs every aspect of Gibbon's work: from his reception of established and innovative historiographical conventions to the expression of his narrative voice. Through a combination of close reading and larger literary and scholarly analysis, Charlotte Roberts conveys a sense of the Decline and Fall as a work more complex and conflicted, in its tone and structure, than has been appreciated by previous scholars, without losing sight of the grand contours of Gibbon's superlative achievement.

How long is Edward Gibbon and the Shape of History?

Edward Gibbon and the Shape of History by Charlotte Roberts is 228 pages long, and a total of 58,824 words.

This makes it 77% the length of the average book. It also has 72% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Edward Gibbon and the Shape of History Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 21 minutes to read Edward Gibbon and the Shape of History aloud.

What Reading Level is Edward Gibbon and the Shape of History?

Edward Gibbon and the Shape of History 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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