How Long to Read Literary Drowning

How Long Does it Take to Read Literary Drowning?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 12 minutes to read Literary Drowning by Stephanie Pocock Boeninger

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

Description

Literary depictions of drowning or burial at sea provide fascinating glimpses into the often-conflicted human relationship with memory. For many cultures and religious traditions, properly remembering the dead involves burial, a funeral, and some kind of grave marker. Traditional rituals of memorialization are disturbed by the drowned body, which may remain lost at sea or be washed up unrecognized on a distant shore. The first book of its kind, Literary Drowning explores depictions of the drowned body in twentieth-century Irish and Caribbean postcolonial literature, uncovering a complex...

How long is Literary Drowning?

Literary Drowning by Stephanie Pocock Boeninger is 251 pages long, and a total of 63,001 words.

This makes it 85% the length of the average book. It also has 77% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Literary Drowning Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 44 minutes to read Literary Drowning aloud.

What Reading Level is Literary Drowning?

Literary Drowning 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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