How Long to Read Mr Price, or Tropical Madness and Metaphysics of a Two- Headed Calf

How Long Does it Take to Read Mr Price, or Tropical Madness and Metaphysics of a Two- Headed Calf?

It takes the average reader 2 hours and 12 minutes to read Mr Price, or Tropical Madness and Metaphysics of a Two- Headed Calf by Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz

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

Description

The Polish playwright and artist Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz, known as Witkacy, is now recognized as Poland's leading theatrical innovator of the interwar years and one of the outstanding creative personalities of the European avant-garde. This volume contains two of Witkacy's "tropical" plays inspired by the playwright's trip to Ceylon and Australia in 1914 with his close friend, the anthropologist Bronislaw Malinowski. Mr. Price, or Tropical Madness is a drama of heightened passion and greed among British colonists in Rangoon who seem to have stepped out of Joseph Conrad's tales of the South Seas. Metaphysics of a Two headed Calf, set in New Guinea and Australia, pits savage European imperialists against a native tribal Australia and pits savage European imperialists against a native tribal chieftain whose fetish of a great golden frog offers greater insight into the mystery of existence than the Westerners' shallow rationalism. Both plays puncture the white rulers' poses of superiority and parody their images of the tropical Other. Also included in the volume are Witkacy's Foreword to Metaphysics of a Two-Headed Calf in which the playwright defends his concept of theatre as an autonomous art with a scenic language of its own and an appendix containing a documentary itinerary of Witkacy's journey to Ceylon.

How long is Mr Price, or Tropical Madness and Metaphysics of a Two- Headed Calf?

Mr Price, or Tropical Madness and Metaphysics of a Two- Headed Calf by Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz is 128 pages long, and a total of 33,024 words.

This makes it 43% the length of the average book. It also has 40% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Mr Price, or Tropical Madness and Metaphysics of a Two- Headed Calf Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 3 hours to read Mr Price, or Tropical Madness and Metaphysics of a Two- Headed Calf aloud.

What Reading Level is Mr Price, or Tropical Madness and Metaphysics of a Two- Headed Calf?

Mr Price, or Tropical Madness and Metaphysics of a Two- Headed Calf 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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