How Long to Read Foreign Bodies and the Body Politic

How Long Does it Take to Read Foreign Bodies and the Body Politic?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 22 minutes to read Foreign Bodies and the Body Politic by Jonathan Gil Harris

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

Description

Jonathan Gil Harris examines the origins of modern discourses of social pathology in Elizabethan and Jacobean medical and political writing. Plays, pamphlets and political treatises of this period display an increasingly xenophobic tendency to attribute England's ills to 'foreign bodies' such as Jews, Catholics and witches, as well as treat their allegedly 'poisonous' features for the health of the body politic. Harris argues that this tendency resonates with two of the distinctive paradigms of Paracelsus' pharmacy which also includes the notion that poison has a medicinal power. The...

How long is Foreign Bodies and the Body Politic?

Foreign Bodies and the Body Politic by Jonathan Gil Harris is 197 pages long, and a total of 50,629 words.

This makes it 66% the length of the average book. It also has 62% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Foreign Bodies and the Body Politic Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 36 minutes to read Foreign Bodies and the Body Politic aloud.

What Reading Level is Foreign Bodies and the Body Politic?

Foreign Bodies and the Body Politic 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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