How Long to Read Gothic Fiction/Gothic Form

How Long Does it Take to Read Gothic Fiction/Gothic Form?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 41 minutes to read Gothic Fiction/Gothic Form by George E. Haggerty

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Description

This work offers a new perspective on Gothic fiction and reassesses its place in literary history. After defining his concept of "affective form" and summarizing the problematic assumptions behind recent critical approaches to the Gothic, George Haggerty introduces a startling theoretical discussion of the Gothic Tale, and he explains in what ways the tale, as a form with identifiable affective properties, is ideally suited to Gothic concerns. Having established a direct relation between this study and recent discussions of narratology and generic identity, Haggerty develops his argument as it applies to major Gothic works in both England and America, including works by Walpole, Radcliffe, Lewis, Maturin, Shelley, Bronte, Poe, Hawthorne, and James. He examines the Gothic Tale as a form that resolves the inconsistency and incoherence of many Gothic novels and offers even the best of them a center of focus and a way of achieving their fullest affective power. In this study, the Gothic Tale emerges as a means of heightening the emotional intelligibility of Gothic fiction and answering Walpole's confused desire to unite "two kinds of romance" in the Gothic. It is a form that can answer the ontological and epistemological, as well as the structural, challenge of the Gothic writers. From its first hints within the Gothic novel as an alternative literary mode offering the Gothicists various expressive advantages to its eerie success in a work such as James's "The Jolly Corner," the Gothic Tale offers insight into generic distinction and literary expression. This is a major statement about an important literary form.

How long is Gothic Fiction/Gothic Form?

Gothic Fiction/Gothic Form by George E. Haggerty is 216 pages long, and a total of 55,296 words.

This makes it 73% the length of the average book. It also has 68% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Gothic Fiction/Gothic Form Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 2 minutes to read Gothic Fiction/Gothic Form aloud.

What Reading Level is Gothic Fiction/Gothic Form?

Gothic Fiction/Gothic Form is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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