How Long to Read Gestures and Looks in Medieval Narrative

How Long Does it Take to Read Gestures and Looks in Medieval Narrative?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 20 minutes to read Gestures and Looks in Medieval Narrative by J. A. Burrow

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

Description

In medieval society, gestures and speaking looks played an even more important part in public and private exchanges than they do today. Gestures meant more than words, for example, in ceremonies of homage and fealty. In this, the first study of its kind in English, John Burrow examines the role of non-verbal communication in a wide range of narrative texts, including Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde, the anonymous Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Malory's Morte D'arthur, the romances of Chrétien de Troyes, the Prose Lancelot, Boccaccio's Il Filostrato, and Dante's Commedia. Burrow argues that...

How long is Gestures and Looks in Medieval Narrative?

Gestures and Looks in Medieval Narrative by J. A. Burrow is 200 pages long, and a total of 50,000 words.

This makes it 67% the length of the average book. It also has 61% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Gestures and Looks in Medieval Narrative Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 33 minutes to read Gestures and Looks in Medieval Narrative aloud.

What Reading Level is Gestures and Looks in Medieval Narrative?

Gestures and Looks in Medieval Narrative 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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