How Long to Read Literary Ambition and the African American Novel

How Long Does it Take to Read Literary Ambition and the African American Novel?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 38 minutes to read Literary Ambition and the African American Novel by Michael Nowlin

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

Description

This book shows how African American literature emerged as a world-recognized literature: less as the product of a seamless tradition of writers signifying upon their ancestors and more the product of three generations of ambitious, competitive individuals aiming to be the first great African American writer. It charts a canon of fictional landmarks, beginning with The House Behind the Cedars and culminating in the National Book Award-Winner Invisible Man, and tells the compelling stories of the careers of key African American writers, including Charles Chesnutt, James Weldon Johnson, Jean Toomer, Zora Neale Hurston, Richard Wright, and Ralph Ellison. These writers worked within the white-dominated, commercial, Eurocentric literary field to put African American literature on the world literary map, while struggling to transcend the cultural expectations attached to their position as 'Negro authors'. Literary Ambition and the African American Novel tells as much about the novels that these writers could not publish as it does about their major achievements.

How long is Literary Ambition and the African American Novel?

Literary Ambition and the African American Novel by Michael Nowlin is 269 pages long, and a total of 69,671 words.

This makes it 91% the length of the average book. It also has 85% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Literary Ambition and the African American Novel Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 20 minutes to read Literary Ambition and the African American Novel aloud.

What Reading Level is Literary Ambition and the African American Novel?

Literary Ambition and the African American Novel 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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