It takes the average reader 4 hours and 57 minutes to read Performance in the Texts of Mallarmé by Mary Lewis Shaw
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Performance in the Texts of Mallarmé offers a new theory of performance in the poetic and critical texts of Stephane Mallarmé, a theory challenging the prevailing interpretation of his work as epitomizing literary purism and art for art's sake. Following an analytical presentation of the concepts of ritual and performance generally applied, Mary Shaw shows that Mallarmé perceived music, dance, and theater as ideal languages of the body and therefore as ideal forms of ritual through which to supplement and celebrate poetic texts. She focuses on previously unexplored references to...
Performance in the Texts of Mallarmé by Mary Lewis Shaw is 288 pages long, and a total of 74,304 words.
This makes it 97% the length of the average book. It also has 91% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 46 minutes to read Performance in the Texts of Mallarmé aloud.
Performance in the Texts of Mallarmé is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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