How Long to Read Margherita Costa, Diva of the Baroque Court

How Long Does it Take to Read Margherita Costa, Diva of the Baroque Court?

It takes the average reader 7 hours and 44 minutes to read Margherita Costa, Diva of the Baroque Court by Jessica Goethals

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

Description

The Roman singer, courtesan, and writer Margherita Costa won prominence and fame across the courts of Italy and France during the mid-seventeenth century. She secured a steady stream of elite patrons – including popes, queens, grand dukes, and influential cardinals – while male poets and librettists wrote celebratory poetry on her behalf. In addition to her appearances as a soprano on the opera stage, Costa published a remarkable fourteen full-length texts across an expanse of genres: burlesque comedy, drama, equestrian ballet, pastoral opera, amorous letters, lyric poetry, and history. Margherita Costa, Diva of the Baroque Court brings together close textual readings of Costa’s numerous publications with archival materials detailing her performance itinerary and social-cultural networks. The book progresses chronologically through her life, geographically along the routes she travelled, and thematically via the genres in which she experimented. Jessica Goethals illuminates how Costa was unafraid to leap over the boundaries of decorum that delimited what women should and did write about. More than merely a literary biography, this book is also a portrait of seventeenth-century courts, their concerns, and their entertainments.

How long is Margherita Costa, Diva of the Baroque Court?

Margherita Costa, Diva of the Baroque Court by Jessica Goethals is 455 pages long, and a total of 116,025 words.

This makes it 154% the length of the average book. It also has 142% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Margherita Costa, Diva of the Baroque Court Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 34 minutes to read Margherita Costa, Diva of the Baroque Court aloud.

What Reading Level is Margherita Costa, Diva of the Baroque Court?

Margherita Costa, Diva of the Baroque Court 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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