It takes the average reader 1 hour and 50 minutes to read Forms of Attention by Frank Kermode
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
Sir Frank Kermode, the British scholar, instructor, and author, was an inspired critic. Forms of Attention is based on a series of three lectures he gave on canon formation, or how we choose what art to value. The essay on Botticelli traces the artist’s sudden popularity in the nineteenth century for reasons that have more to do with poetry than painting. In the second essay, Kermode reads Hamlet from a very modern angle, offering a useful (and playful) perspective for a contemporary audience. The final essay is a defense of literary criticism as a process and conversation that, while often...
Forms of Attention by Frank Kermode is 110 pages long, and a total of 27,500 words.
This makes it 37% the length of the average book. It also has 34% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 2 hours and 30 minutes to read Forms of Attention aloud.
Forms of Attention is suitable for students ages 10 and up.
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