How Long to Read Shakespeare Among the Courtesans

How Long Does it Take to Read Shakespeare Among the Courtesans?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 40 minutes to read Shakespeare Among the Courtesans by Duncan Salkeld

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

Description

Courtesans - women who achieve wealth, status, or power through sexual transgression - have played both a central and contradictory role in literature: they have been admired, celebrated, feared, and vilified. This study of the courtesan in Renaissance English drama focuses not only on the moral ambivalence of these women, but with special attention to Anglo-Italian relations, illuminates little known aspects of their lives. It traces the courtesan from a wry comedic character in the plays of Terence and Plautus to its literary exhaustion in the seventeenth-century dramatic works of Dekker,...

How long is Shakespeare Among the Courtesans?

Shakespeare Among the Courtesans by Duncan Salkeld is 220 pages long, and a total of 55,000 words.

This makes it 74% the length of the average book. It also has 67% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Shakespeare Among the Courtesans Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours to read Shakespeare Among the Courtesans aloud.

What Reading Level is Shakespeare Among the Courtesans?

Shakespeare Among the Courtesans 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.

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