It takes the average reader 4 hours and 30 minutes to read Reading Rilke's Orphic Identity by Erika M. Nelson
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This study of Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) examines the poet's understanding of the malleable nature of identity, while addressing the question of Rilke's place in literary history. In line with contemporary literary theory which views the «self» as a societal «construction» and strategic narrative device, this study explores Rilke's preoccupations with identity in his work, as he investigates the disintegration of the subjective self in the modern world. Rilke's re-readings of the mythological figures of Orpheus and Narcissus in modern psychological terms, as well as in terms of...
Reading Rilke's Orphic Identity by Erika M. Nelson is 270 pages long, and a total of 67,500 words.
This makes it 91% the length of the average book. It also has 82% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 8 minutes to read Reading Rilke's Orphic Identity aloud.
Reading Rilke's Orphic Identity is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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