It takes the average reader 3 hours and 50 minutes to read Fairytales—A World between the Imaginary by Carmela Scala
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
This book investigates Basile’s contribution to the establishment of fairytales as a literary genre; the focus is on his masterpiece Lo cunto de li Cunti. The volume examines Basile’s work’s debt to tradition and its influence on posterity, while also studying the author’s unique use of metaphors in the rich Neapolitan dialect. As this study reveals, metaphors in Lo cunto de li cunti are not used simply as a mean of embellishment; rather they are employed as a way to inform the reader of the rich folkloric tradition of Naples during the baroque times, as well as of Basile’s discontent with...
Fairytales—A World between the Imaginary by Carmela Scala is 230 pages long, and a total of 57,500 words.
This makes it 78% the length of the average book. It also has 70% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 14 minutes to read Fairytales—A World between the Imaginary aloud.
Fairytales—A World between the Imaginary is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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