How Long to Read Paranoid Modernism

How Long Does it Take to Read Paranoid Modernism?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 19 minutes to read Paranoid Modernism by David Trotter

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

Description

The early twentieth century notoriously saw an unprecedented wave of experiment in the arts. So intense was this activity that one can without exaggeration speak of a will to experiment (to 'make it new'). Where did that will to experiment come from? Why did it so insistently take the forms ittook? Looking specifically at Modernism in England, David Trotter seeks answers in the careers of three novelists writing in the first decades of the century: Ford Madox Ford, D. H. Lawrence, and Wyndham Lewis. The context he proposes for their work is that of contemporary understandings of thefunction and value of expertise, and of the dilemmas peculiar to those possessing it. There is a certain madness about the expert's pursuit of expertise, and about his or her disappointment if expertise fails to yield adequate social recognition. The early psychiatric literature identified thismadness as paranoia, and the textbooks and case-histories find an uncanny echo in Modernist fiction. In the obstinacy of their will to experiment, Ford, Lawrence, and Lewis wrote about, and lived, paranoia. To understand that obstinacy in its professional and psychiatric contexts is to approach froma new and unexpected angle the preoccupations with gender and with the politics of culture which currently characterize the study of Modernism. The energies it shook loose in their writing are energies which, evading absorption into the 'postmodern', continue to shape Western society and culture tothis day.

How long is Paranoid Modernism?

Paranoid Modernism by David Trotter is 374 pages long, and a total of 94,996 words.

This makes it 126% the length of the average book. It also has 116% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Paranoid Modernism Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 39 minutes to read Paranoid Modernism aloud.

What Reading Level is Paranoid Modernism?

Paranoid Modernism is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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