How Long to Read Literature, Life, and Modernity

How Long Does it Take to Read Literature, Life, and Modernity?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 15 minutes to read Literature, Life, and Modernity by Richard Thomas Eldridge

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

Description

Richard Eldridge explores the ability of dense and formally interesting literature to respond to the complexities of modern life. Beyond simple entertainment, difficult modern works cultivate reflective depth and help their readers order and interpret their lives as subjects in relation to complex economies and technological systems. By imagining themselves in the role of the protagonist or the authorial persona, readers become immersed in structures of sustained attention, under which concrete possibilities of meaningful life, along with difficulties that block their realization, are tracked and clarified. Literary form, Eldridge argues, generates structures of care, reflection, and investment within readers, shaping--if not stabilizing--their interactions with everyday objects and events. Through the experience of literary forms of attention, readers may come to think and live more actively, more fully engaging with modern life, rather than passively suffering it. Eldridge considers the thought of Descartes, Kant, Adorno, Benjamin, Stanley Cavell, and Charles Taylor in his discussion of Goethe, Wordsworth, Rilke, Stoppard, and Sebald, advancing a philosophy of literature that addresses our desire to read and the meaning and satisfaction that literary attention brings to our fragmented modern lives.

How long is Literature, Life, and Modernity?

Literature, Life, and Modernity by Richard Thomas Eldridge is 193 pages long, and a total of 48,829 words.

This makes it 65% the length of the average book. It also has 60% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Literature, Life, and Modernity Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 26 minutes to read Literature, Life, and Modernity aloud.

What Reading Level is Literature, Life, and Modernity?

Literature, Life, and Modernity is suitable for students ages 10 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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