How Long to Read Serious Play

How Long Does it Take to Read Serious Play?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 8 minutes to read Serious Play by Robert Hanning

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

Description

Ovid, Chaucer, and Ariosto, premodern Europe's three greatest comic poets, found abundant cause for laughter in the foibles and follies of human desire. Yet they also excelled at the dangerous game of skewering the elites on whom they depended for patronage. The resulting depictions of addled lovers and rattled rulers create a unique dynamic of trenchant critique wrapped in amusing, enlightening, and disturbing fantasy, an achievement hailed as serio ludere, serious play, by Renaissance theorists. Through an imaginative analysis of Ovid's amatory poetry, Chaucer's dream poems and excerpts...

How long is Serious Play?

Serious Play by Robert Hanning is 304 pages long, and a total of 77,216 words.

This makes it 103% the length of the average book. It also has 94% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Serious Play Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 1 minute to read Serious Play aloud.

What Reading Level is Serious Play?

Serious Play 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.

When deciding what to show young students always use your best judgement and consult a professional.

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