How Long to Read Shakespeare and Historical Formalism

How Long Does it Take to Read Shakespeare and Historical Formalism?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 30 minutes to read Shakespeare and Historical Formalism by Professor Stephen Cohen

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

Description

Located at the intersection of new historicism and the 'new formalism', historical formalism is one of the most rapidly growing and important movements in early modern studies: taking seriously the theoretical issues raised by both history and form, it challenges the anti-formalist orthodoxies of new historicism and expands the scope of historicist criticism. Shakespeare and Historical Formalism is the first volume devoted exclusively to collecting and assessing work of this kind. With essays on a broad range of Shakespeare's works and engaging topics from performance theory to the emergence of 'the literary' and from historiography to pedagogy, the volume demonstrates the value of historical formalism for Shakespeare studies and for literary criticism as a whole. Shakespeare and Historical Formalism begins with an introduction that describes the nature and potential of historical formalism and traces its roots in early modern literary theory and its troubled relationship with new historicism. The volume is then divided into two sections corresponding to the two chief objectives of historical formalism: a historically informed and politically astute formalism, and a historicist criticism revitalized by attention to issues of form. The first section, 'Historicizing Form', explores from a variety of perspectives the historical and political sources, meanings and functions of Shakespeare's dramatic forms. The second section, 'Re-Forming History', uses questions of form to rethink our understanding of historicism and of history itself, and in doing so challenges some of our fundamental literary-critical, pedagogical and epistemological assumptions. Concluding with suggestions for further reading on historical formalism and related work, Shakespeare and Historical Formalism invites scholars to rethink the familiar categories and principles of formal and historical criticism.

How long is Shakespeare and Historical Formalism?

Shakespeare and Historical Formalism by Professor Stephen Cohen is 270 pages long, and a total of 67,500 words.

This makes it 91% the length of the average book. It also has 82% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Shakespeare and Historical Formalism Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 8 minutes to read Shakespeare and Historical Formalism aloud.

What Reading Level is Shakespeare and Historical Formalism?

Shakespeare and Historical Formalism is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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