It takes the average reader 7 hours and 21 minutes to read Poetics of the Literary Self-Portrait by Michel Beaujour
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A serious and independent contribution to the literature of autobiography. -- John SturrockFrench StudiesClearly a landmark study. It seems certain to provoke a great deal of productive debate among those concerned with any of the many issues it raises. -- Comparative Literature The literary self-portrait, often considered to be an ill- formed autobiography, is receiving more attention as a result of the current obsession with personal narrative, but little progress has been made toward an understanding of its specific features. With Poetics of the Literary Self-Portrait, Michel Beaujour reveals the hidden ambitions of this genre. From St. Augustine to Montaigne, from Nietzsche to Malraux, Leiris and Barthes, individual self-portraits are analyzed jointly with the enduring cultural matrix from which self-portrayal derives its disconcerting non-narrative structure, and many of its recurrent topics.
Poetics of the Literary Self-Portrait by Michel Beaujour is 428 pages long, and a total of 110,424 words.
This makes it 144% the length of the average book. It also has 135% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 10 hours and 3 minutes to read Poetics of the Literary Self-Portrait aloud.
Poetics of the Literary Self-Portrait is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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