How Long to Read Proust, the Body and Literary Form

How Long Does it Take to Read Proust, the Body and Literary Form?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 51 minutes to read Proust, the Body and Literary Form by Michael R. Finn

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

Description

This 1999 study examines the connections between Proust's fin-de-siècle 'nervousness' and his apprehensions regarding literary form. Michael Finn shows that Proust's anxieties both about bodily weakness and about novel-writing were fed by a set of intriguing psychological and medical texts, and were mirrored in the nerve-based afflictions of earlier writers including Flaubert, Baudelaire, Nerval and the Goncourt brothers. Finn argues that once Proust cast off his concerns about being a nervous weakling he was freed to poke fun both at the supposed purity of the novel form. Hysteria - as a figure and as a theme - becomes a key to the Proustian narrative, and a certain kind of wordless, bodily copying of gesture and event is revealed to be at the heart of a writing technique which undermines many of the conventions of fiction.

How long is Proust, the Body and Literary Form?

Proust, the Body and Literary Form by Michael R. Finn is 226 pages long, and a total of 57,856 words.

This makes it 76% the length of the average book. It also has 71% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Proust, the Body and Literary Form Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 16 minutes to read Proust, the Body and Literary Form aloud.

What Reading Level is Proust, the Body and Literary Form?

Proust, the Body and Literary Form 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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