How Long to Read Literature and Nation in the Sixteenth Century

How Long Does it Take to Read Literature and Nation in the Sixteenth Century?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 20 minutes to read Literature and Nation in the Sixteenth Century by Timothy Hampton

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

Description

Assessing the relationship between the emergence of modern French literary culture and the ideological debates that marked Renaissance France, Timothy Hampton explores the role of literary form in shaping national identity. The foundational texts of modern French literature were produced during a period of unprecedented struggle over the meaning of community. In the face of religious heresy, political threats from abroad, and new forms of cultural diversity, Renaissance French culture confronted, in new and urgent ways, the question of what it means to be "French." Hampton shows how conflicts between different concepts of community were mediated symbolically through the genesis of new literary forms. Hampton's analysis of works by Rabelais, Montaigne, Du Bellay, and Marguerite de Navarre, as well as writings by lesser-known poets, pamphleteers, and political philosophers, shows that the vulnerability of France and the instability of French identity were pervasive cultural themes during this period. Contemporary scholarship on nation-building in early modern Europe has emphasized the importance of centralized power and the rise of absolute monarchy. Hampton offers a counterargument, demonstrating that both community and national identity in Renaissance France were defined through a dialogic relationship to that which was not French—to the foreigner, the stranger, the intruder from abroad. He provides both a methodological challenge to traditional cultural history and a new consideration of the role of literature in the definition of the nation.

How long is Literature and Nation in the Sixteenth Century?

Literature and Nation in the Sixteenth Century by Timothy Hampton is 320 pages long, and a total of 80,000 words.

This makes it 108% the length of the average book. It also has 98% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Literature and Nation in the Sixteenth Century Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 17 minutes to read Literature and Nation in the Sixteenth Century aloud.

What Reading Level is Literature and Nation in the Sixteenth Century?

Literature and Nation in the Sixteenth Century is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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