How Long to Read Ritual, Myth, and Mysticism in the Work of Mary Butts

How Long Does it Take to Read Ritual, Myth, and Mysticism in the Work of Mary Butts?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 3 minutes to read Ritual, Myth, and Mysticism in the Work of Mary Butts by Foy Roslyn

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Description

Mary Butts wrote and lived among notable modernist writers such as T.S. Eliot, Ford Madox Ford, Jean Cocteau, H.D., and Ezra Pound, and was on her way to becoming one of the most respected British female writers of the twentieth century. Yet, after her death in 1937 at the age of forty-six, her reputation suffered a decline. Butt's idiosyncratic spirituality did not lend itself to easy critical examination, modernism was generally considered a masculine endeavor, and her papers were not made public for over fifty years. The recent acquisition of those papers by the Beinecke Library at Yale University, however, has brought about a resurgence of interest in her unique writings. Mary Butts confronts and reinterprets reality in extraordinary ways, and her modernist vision recalls the natural origins and powers of the female divine. Her intense dedication to ancient rites and myth, and her dabbling in the occult, became embedded in her fiction and led to her own brand of mysticism. Indeed, the Butts heroine is at once, healer, sacred priestess, earth goddess, lover, and daimon/demon. In presenting her characters this way, Butts valorizes what she calls "the soul living at its fullest capacity." Roslyn Reso Foy gives us the first sustained critical study of Butts, exploring the signficance of feminism, mysticism, and magic in her life and writings. Foy's thoughtful analysis, combining scholarship with straightforward discussion, will serve as an introduction to, and foundation for, further critical studies of this remarkable female modernist whose work coincides with contemporary concerns and who can no longer be ignored.

How long is Ritual, Myth, and Mysticism in the Work of Mary Butts?

Ritual, Myth, and Mysticism in the Work of Mary Butts by Foy Roslyn is 182 pages long, and a total of 45,864 words.

This makes it 61% the length of the average book. It also has 56% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Ritual, Myth, and Mysticism in the Work of Mary Butts Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 10 minutes to read Ritual, Myth, and Mysticism in the Work of Mary Butts aloud.

What Reading Level is Ritual, Myth, and Mysticism in the Work of Mary Butts?

Ritual, Myth, and Mysticism in the Work of Mary Butts is suitable for students ages 10 and up.

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