It takes the average reader 5 hours and 44 minutes to read Spoken Like a Woman by Laura McClure
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
In ancient Athens, where freedom of speech derived from the power of male citizenship, women's voices were seldom heard in public. Female speech was more often represented in theatrical productions through women characters written and enacted by men. In Spoken Like a Woman, the first book-length study of women's speech in classical drama, Laura McClure explores the discursive practices attributed to women of fifth-century b.c. Greece and to what extent these representations reflected a larger reality. Examining tragedies and comedies by a variety of authors, she illustrates how the dramatic...
Spoken Like a Woman by Laura McClure is 336 pages long, and a total of 86,016 words.
This makes it 113% the length of the average book. It also has 105% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 50 minutes to read Spoken Like a Woman aloud.
Spoken Like a Woman is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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