How Long to Read Figures of Catastrophe

How Long Does it Take to Read Figures of Catastrophe?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 51 minutes to read Figures of Catastrophe by Francis Mulhern

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

Description

The leading critic Francis Mulhern uncovers a hidden history in the fiction of the past century, identifying a central new genre: the condition of culture novel. Reading across and against the grain of received patterns of literary association, tracing a line from Hardy and Forster, through Woolf, Waugh and Bowen, to Barstow, Fowles, Rendell, Naipaul, Amis, Kureishi and Smith, he elucidates the recurring topics and narrative logics of the genre, showing how culture emerges as a special ground of social conflict, above all between classes. The narrative evaluations of culture's ends-the aspirations and the destinies of those whose lives are the subject of these novels-grow steadily darker over time, and the writing itself grows more introverted. A concluding discussion elicits the characteristics of the English condition of culture novel, in an international setting, and closes in, finally, on the central conundrum of the genre: its uncanny reprise, in its own plane, of the historical arc of the modern labour movement in Britain, from its beginnings in the late nineteenth century through its post-war heyday to the seemingly inexorable decline of recent decades.

How long is Figures of Catastrophe?

Figures of Catastrophe by Francis Mulhern is 167 pages long, and a total of 42,919 words.

This makes it 56% the length of the average book. It also has 52% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Figures of Catastrophe Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours and 54 minutes to read Figures of Catastrophe aloud.

What Reading Level is Figures of Catastrophe?

Figures of Catastrophe 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.

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