How Long to Read Imagining the Balkans

How Long Does it Take to Read Imagining the Balkans?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 57 minutes to read Imagining the Balkans by Maria Todorova

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

Description

"If the Balkans hadn't existed, they would have been invented" was the verdict of Count Hermann Keyserling in his famous 1928 publication, Europe. Over ten years ago, Maria Todorova traced the relationship between the reality and the invention. Based on a rich selection of travelogues, diplomatic accounts, academic surveys, journalism, and belles-lettres in many languages, Imagining the Balkans explored the ontology of the Balkans from the sixteenth century to the present day, uncovering the ways in which an insidious intellectual tradition was constructed, became mythologized, and is still being transmitted as discourse. Maria Todorova, who was raised in the Balkans, is in a unique position to bring both scholarship and sympathy to her subject, and in a new afterword she reflects on recent developments in the study of the Balkans and political developments on the ground since the publication of Imagining the Balkans. The afterword explores the controversy over Todorova's coining of the term Balkanism. With this work, Todorova offers a timely, updated, accessible study of how an innocent geographic appellation was transformed into one of the most powerful and widespread pejorative designations in modern history.

How long is Imagining the Balkans?

Imagining the Balkans by Maria Todorova is 288 pages long, and a total of 74,304 words.

This makes it 97% the length of the average book. It also has 91% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Imagining the Balkans Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 46 minutes to read Imagining the Balkans aloud.

What Reading Level is Imagining the Balkans?

Imagining the Balkans 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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