How Long to Read Killing Hercules

How Long Does it Take to Read Killing Hercules?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 38 minutes to read Killing Hercules by Richard Rowland

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

Description

This book offers an entirely new reception history of the myth of Hercules and his wife/killer Deianira. The book poses, and attempts to answer, two important and related questions. First, why have artists across two millennia felt compelled to revisit this particular myth to express anxieties about violence at both a global and domestic level? Secondly, from the moment that Sophocles disrupted a myth about the definitive exemplar of masculinity and martial prowess and turned it into a story about domestic abuse, through to a 2014 production of Handel’s Hercules that was set in the context of...

How long is Killing Hercules?

Killing Hercules by Richard Rowland is 328 pages long, and a total of 84,624 words.

This makes it 111% the length of the average book. It also has 103% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Killing Hercules Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 42 minutes to read Killing Hercules aloud.

What Reading Level is Killing Hercules?

Killing Hercules 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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Where Can I Buy Killing Hercules?

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