How Long to Read Enlightenment Orpheus

How Long Does it Take to Read Enlightenment Orpheus?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 40 minutes to read Enlightenment Orpheus by Vanessa Agnew

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

Description

The Enlightenment saw a critical engagement with the ancient idea that music carries certain powers - it heals and pacifies, civilizes and educates. Yet this interest in musical utility seems to conflict with larger notions of aesthetic autonomy that emerged at the same time. In Enlightenment Orpheus, Vanessa Agnew examines this apparent conflict, and provocatively questions the notion of an aesthetic-philosophical break between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Agnew persuasively connects the English traveler and music scholar Charles Burney with the ancient myth of Orpheus. She uses...

How long is Enlightenment Orpheus?

Enlightenment Orpheus by Vanessa Agnew is 280 pages long, and a total of 70,000 words.

This makes it 94% the length of the average book. It also has 86% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Enlightenment Orpheus Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 22 minutes to read Enlightenment Orpheus aloud.

What Reading Level is Enlightenment Orpheus?

Enlightenment Orpheus 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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