How Long to Read Obsolete Objects in the Literary Imagination

How Long Does it Take to Read Obsolete Objects in the Literary Imagination?

It takes the average reader 8 hours and 20 minutes to read Obsolete Objects in the Literary Imagination by Francesco Orlando

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

Description

Translated here into English for the first time is a monumental work of literary history and criticism comparable in scope and achievement to Eric Auerbach’s Mimesis. Italian critic Francesco Orlando explores Western literature’s obsession with outmoded and nonfunctional objects (ruins, obsolete machinery, broken things, trash, etc.). Combining the insights of psychoanalysis and literary-political history, Orlando traces this obsession to a turning point in history, at the end of eighteenth-century industrialization, when the functional becomes the dominant value of Western culture. Roaming...

How long is Obsolete Objects in the Literary Imagination?

Obsolete Objects in the Literary Imagination by Francesco Orlando is 500 pages long, and a total of 125,000 words.

This makes it 169% the length of the average book. It also has 153% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Obsolete Objects in the Literary Imagination Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 11 hours and 23 minutes to read Obsolete Objects in the Literary Imagination aloud.

What Reading Level is Obsolete Objects in the Literary Imagination?

Obsolete Objects in the Literary Imagination 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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