How Long to Read Pedro Calderón de la Barca and the World Theatre in Early Modern Europe

How Long Does it Take to Read Pedro Calderón de la Barca and the World Theatre in Early Modern Europe?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 18 minutes to read Pedro Calderón de la Barca and the World Theatre in Early Modern Europe by Rasmus Vangshardt

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Description

Rasmus Vangshardt offers an original interpretation of one of the most famous images of literary history, the theatrum mundi. By applying methods of comparative literature, hispanic studies, and theology, he reconsiders the world theatre’s historical peak in early modern Europe in general and the Spanish Golden Age in particular. The author presents a new close reading of Pedro Calderón’s El gran teatro del mundo (c. 1633–36) and outlines the historical and systematic framework for a theatrum mundi of celebration. This concept entails using art to justify human existence in the face of changing conceptions of the cosmos: an early modern aesthetic theodicy and a justification of the world in that liminal space between drama and ritual. By discussing historiographical theories of early modern Europe, especially those of Hans Blumenberg and Bruno Latour, and through conversations with Shakespearean drama and Spanish Golden Age classics, Vangshardt also argues that the theatrum mundi of celebration questions traditional assumptions of great divides between the Middle Ages and Early Modernity and challenges theories of a European-wide early modern sense of crisis.

How long is Pedro Calderón de la Barca and the World Theatre in Early Modern Europe?

Pedro Calderón de la Barca and the World Theatre in Early Modern Europe by Rasmus Vangshardt is 254 pages long, and a total of 64,516 words.

This makes it 86% the length of the average book. It also has 79% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Pedro Calderón de la Barca and the World Theatre in Early Modern Europe Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 52 minutes to read Pedro Calderón de la Barca and the World Theatre in Early Modern Europe aloud.

What Reading Level is Pedro Calderón de la Barca and the World Theatre in Early Modern Europe?

Pedro Calderón de la Barca and the World Theatre in Early Modern Europe is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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