How Long to Read Samuel Beckett

How Long Does it Take to Read Samuel Beckett?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 34 minutes to read Samuel Beckett by Laura Salisbury

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

Description

Reads Beckett's comic timing as part of a post-war ethics of representationSamuel Beckett is a funny writer. He is also an author whose work is taken to respond ethically to the unspeakable seriousness of the post-Holocaust situation. How can these two statements sit together?Ranging widely over Beckett's fiction, drama, and critical writings, and including readings of Murphy, the Trilogy, Waiting for Godot, Endgame, the late prose, and the late plays, the book demonstrates that it is through Beckett's comic timing that we can understand the double gesture of his art: the ethical obligation to represent the world how it is while, at the same time, opening up a space for how it ought to be.Key Features:* Presents innovative readings of the comedy found in Beckett's fiction, drama and critical writings* Spans Beckett's entire oeuvre, using published and unpublished sources* Engages with recent and contemporary philosophical approaches to literature, including work by Derrida, Badiou, Levinas, and Adorno* Makes a unique contribution to theoretical work on comedy and laughter* Provides a rigorous introduction to the theoretical debates surrounding the relationship between modernist literature and a post-war ethics of representation

How long is Samuel Beckett?

Samuel Beckett by Laura Salisbury is 272 pages long, and a total of 68,544 words.

This makes it 92% the length of the average book. It also has 84% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Samuel Beckett Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 14 minutes to read Samuel Beckett aloud.

What Reading Level is Samuel Beckett?

Samuel Beckett is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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