How Long to Read Illegitimate Power

How Long Does it Take to Read Illegitimate Power?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 3 minutes to read Illegitimate Power by Alison Findlay

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

Description

In Renaissance drama, the bastard is an extraordinarily powerful and disruptive figure. We have only to think of Caliban or of Edmund to realise the challenge presented by the illegitimate child. Drawing on a wide range of play texts, Alison Findlay shows how illegitimacy encoded and threatened to deconstruct some of the basic tenets of patriarchal rule. She considers bastards as indicators and instigators of crisis in early modern England, reading them in relation to witchcraft, spiritual insecurities and social unrest in family and State. The characters discussed range from demi-devils, unnatural villains and clowns to outstandingly heroic or virtuous types who challenge officially sanctioned ideas of illegitimacy. The final chapter of the book considers bastards in performance; their relationship with theatre spaces and audiences. Illegitimate voices, Findlay argues, can bring about the death of the author/father and open the text as a piece of theatre, challenging accepted notions of authority.

How long is Illegitimate Power?

Illegitimate Power by Alison Findlay is 296 pages long, and a total of 75,776 words.

This makes it 100% the length of the average book. It also has 93% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Illegitimate Power Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 54 minutes to read Illegitimate Power aloud.

What Reading Level is Illegitimate Power?

Illegitimate Power 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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