How Long to Read Following Chaucer

How Long Does it Take to Read Following Chaucer?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 55 minutes to read Following Chaucer by Lynn Staley

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

Description

Following Chaucer: Offices of the Active Life explores three representative figures—the royal woman, the poet, and the merchant—in relation to the concept of “office,” which Cicero linked to the health of the republic, but Chaucer to that of the common good. Not usually conjoined to the term “office,” these three figures, situated in the active life, were not firmly mapped onto the body politic, which was used to figure a relational and ordered social body ruled by the king, the head. These figures are points of entry into a set of questions rooted in Chaucer’s understanding of his cultural and historical past and in his keen appraisal of the social dynamics of his own time that also reverberate in the centuries after Chaucer’s death. Following Chaucer does not trace influence but uses Chaucer’s likely reading, circumstances, and literary and social affiliations as guides to understanding his poetry, within the context of late medieval English culture and the reshaping of the concept of these particular offices that suited the needs of a future whose dynamics he anticipated. His understanding of the importance of the Ciceronian concept of office within the active life, his profound cultural awareness, and his probing of the foundations of social change provide him with a keen sense of the persistent tensions and inconsistencies that are fundamental to his poetry.

How long is Following Chaucer?

Following Chaucer by Lynn Staley is 233 pages long, and a total of 58,949 words.

This makes it 79% the length of the average book. It also has 72% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Following Chaucer Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 22 minutes to read Following Chaucer aloud.

What Reading Level is Following Chaucer?

Following Chaucer is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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