How Long to Read Empire of Ecstasy

How Long Does it Take to Read Empire of Ecstasy?

It takes the average reader 16 hours to read Empire of Ecstasy by Karl Toepfer

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

Description

Empire of Ecstasy offers a novel interpretation of the explosion of German body culture between the two wars—nudism and nude dancing, gymnastics and dance training, dance photography and criticism, and diverse genres of performance from solo dancing to mass movement choirs. Karl Toepfer presents this dynamic subject as a vital and historically unique construction of "modern identity." The modern body, radiating freedom and power, appeared to Weimar artists and intelligentsia to be the source of a transgressive energy, as well as the sign and manifestation of powerful, mysterious "inner" conditions. Toepfer shows how this view of the modern body sought to extend the aesthetic experience beyond the boundaries imposed by rationalized life and to transcend these limits in search of ecstasy. With the help of much unpublished or long-forgotten archival material (including many little-known photographs), he investigates the process of constructing an "empire" of appropriative impulses toward ecstasy. Toepfer presents the work of such well-known figures as Rudolf Laban, Mary Wigman, and Oskar Schlemmer, along with less-known but equally fascinating body culture practitioners. His book is certain to become required reading for historians of dance, body culture, and modernism.

How long is Empire of Ecstasy?

Empire of Ecstasy by Karl Toepfer is 960 pages long, and a total of 240,000 words.

This makes it 324% the length of the average book. It also has 293% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Empire of Ecstasy Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 21 hours and 51 minutes to read Empire of Ecstasy aloud.

What Reading Level is Empire of Ecstasy?

Empire of Ecstasy 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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