How Long to Read Shakespeare and the Uses of Comedy

How Long Does it Take to Read Shakespeare and the Uses of Comedy?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 40 minutes to read Shakespeare and the Uses of Comedy by J. A. BryantJr.

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

Description

In Shakespeare's hand the comic mode became an instrument for exploring the broad territory of the human situation, including much that had normally been reserved for tragedy. Once the reader recognizes that justification for such an assumption is presented repeatedly in the earlier comedies -- from The Comedy of Errors to Twelfth Night -- he has less difficulty in dispensing with the currently fashionable classifications of the later comedies as problem plays and romances or tragicomedies and thus in seeing them all as manifestations of a single impulse. Bryant shows how Shakespeare, early and late, dutifully concerned himself with the production of laughter, the presentation of young people in love, and the exploitation of theatrical conventions that might provide a guaranteed response. Yet these matters were incidental to his main business in writing comedy: to examine the implications of an action in which human involvement in the process of living provides the kind of enlightenment that leads to renewal and the continuity of life. With rare foresight, Shakespeare presented a world in which women were as capable of enlightenment as the men who wooed them, and Bryant shows how the female characters frequently preceded their mates in perceiving the way of the world. In most of his comedies Shakespeare also managed to suggest the role of death in life's process; and in some -- even in plays as diverse as A Midsummer Night's Dream, As You Like It, and The Tempest -- he gave hints of a larger process, one without beginning or end, that may well comprehend all our visions -- of comedy, tragedy, and history -- in a single movement.

How long is Shakespeare and the Uses of Comedy?

Shakespeare and the Uses of Comedy by J. A. BryantJr. is 280 pages long, and a total of 70,000 words.

This makes it 94% the length of the average book. It also has 86% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Shakespeare and the Uses of Comedy Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 22 minutes to read Shakespeare and the Uses of Comedy aloud.

What Reading Level is Shakespeare and the Uses of Comedy?

Shakespeare and the Uses of Comedy 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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