How Long to Read Empire on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown

How Long Does it Take to Read Empire on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown?

It takes the average reader 1 hour and 42 minutes to read Empire on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown by Mary Gossy

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

Description

Literature gives access to the “verge,” to the place where the full terror of falling is felt, and yet both feet are still on the ground. Empire on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown offers pleasurable instruction to readers who want to know and feel their ways through and beyond disciplinary conventions towards new and clearer understandings of how empires and texts shiver and fall, and why. Literature makes a difference to the ways that these questions are asked and explored. A cavalcade of writers—among them Edward Gibbon, Edgar Allan Poe, James Joyce, Sigmund Freud, the Wolf-Man, Gertrude Stein, Monique Wittig, Jeanette Winterson, Monty Python and even Miguel de Cervantes and A. Conan Doyle-- have written about empire, femininity, Spain, pain, wounds, war and love. Symptoms of imperial panic abound in their pages, very frequently manifesting directly or indirectly in allusions to Spain and things Spanish. Here female or feminized bodies often bear the brunt of any acting-out. In these highly original and highly engaging essays the reader confronts verges of cliffs, madness, window ledges, rooftops; verges of virgins and whores, slippery slopes and razor’s edges. Gossy argues that masculinity and femininity are always on the verge of slipping away from what they are supposed to be, and of dragging fantasies of imperial domination over the edge with them. The Spain of lost empire accompanies these acute symptoms of anxiety, even in texts and authors where—as in Monty Python’s version of the Spanish Inquisition—no one expects it.

How long is Empire on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown?

Empire on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown by Mary Gossy is 99 pages long, and a total of 25,641 words.

This makes it 33% the length of the average book. It also has 31% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Empire on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 20 minutes to read Empire on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown aloud.

What Reading Level is Empire on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown?

Empire on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown is suitable for students ages 10 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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