How Long to Read Shakespeare's Early History Plays

How Long Does it Take to Read Shakespeare's Early History Plays?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 30 minutes to read Shakespeare's Early History Plays by Dominique Goy-Blanquet

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

Description

Like many of his fellow playwrights, Shakespeare turned to national history for inspiration. In this study, Dominique Goy-Blanquet provides a close comparison of the Henry VI plays and Richard III with their historical and theatrical sources, demonstrating how Shakespeare was able to meet not only the ideological but also the technical problems of turning history into drama, how by cutting, carving, shaping, casting his unwieldy material into performable plays, he matured into the most influential dramatist and historian of his time. Recent criticism of Shakespeare's history plays has often consisted of fierce arguments over their ideological import and Shakespeare's position on the spectrum of current political opinions. This book, however, stems from the belief that a more constructive starting point for research is the exploration of the technical problems raised by turning heavy narratives into performable plays, rather than the political motives that could inpire a playwright's representation of national history. Illuminating and instructive, Shakespeare's Early History Plays includes not only close investigation of the verbal, poetic, and political texture of the plays, but also provides a broad overview of the wider sixteenth-century historiographical contexts of the plays, and their significance to Shakespeare's oeuvre more generally.

How long is Shakespeare's Early History Plays?

Shakespeare's Early History Plays by Dominique Goy-Blanquet is 330 pages long, and a total of 82,500 words.

This makes it 111% the length of the average book. It also has 101% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Shakespeare's Early History Plays Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 30 minutes to read Shakespeare's Early History Plays aloud.

What Reading Level is Shakespeare's Early History Plays?

Shakespeare's Early History Plays 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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