How Long to Read Sporting with the Gods

How Long Does it Take to Read Sporting with the Gods?

It takes the average reader 9 hours and 59 minutes to read Sporting with the Gods by Michael Oriard

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

Description

"Sporting with the Gods examines the rhetoric of "game" and "play" and "sport" in American culture from the time of the Puritans to the 1980s. Focusing on writers and public figures who dominated public discourse, Oriard shows how the trope of game and play in fiction and in religious, social, and economic writings can be used to graph changes in the religious and social climate from the Puritans through the Transcendentalists to the Social Darwinists and from the Beats and hippies to the New Age spiritualists of the present decade. He also uses the trope to graph the shifting attitudes...

How long is Sporting with the Gods?

Sporting with the Gods by Michael Oriard is 579 pages long, and a total of 149,961 words.

This makes it 195% the length of the average book. It also has 183% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Sporting with the Gods Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 13 hours and 39 minutes to read Sporting with the Gods aloud.

What Reading Level is Sporting with the Gods?

Sporting with the Gods 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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