It takes the average reader 3 hours and 41 minutes to read Robert Burton and the Powers and Pleasures of the Early Modern Imagina by Stephanie Shirilan
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In this study, Stephanie Shirilan unearths and contextualizes the celebration of the powers of the melancholic imagination in Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, thus rescuing it from the overly literal readings of contemporary historicism. Situating Burton's recognition of cognitive and spiritual impressionability in its physiological and theological contexts, Shirilan identifies overlooked echoes of his advice that melancholic readers cure themselves by unsealing their minds and hearts.
Robert Burton and the Powers and Pleasures of the Early Modern Imagina by Stephanie Shirilan is 216 pages long, and a total of 55,296 words.
This makes it 73% the length of the average book. It also has 68% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 2 minutes to read Robert Burton and the Powers and Pleasures of the Early Modern Imagina aloud.
Robert Burton and the Powers and Pleasures of the Early Modern Imagina is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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