How Long to Read Telling New Lies

How Long Does it Take to Read Telling New Lies?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 39 minutes to read Telling New Lies by Melvyn New

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

Description

With the finesse that transports his pun upon the idea of telling (as both "narrating" and "significant"), the author weds a new essay on Jonathan Swift and Thomas Mann with six previously published articles to fashion this new collection, unified in an introductory essay around the theme of falsehood. These essays range from excursions into eighteenth-century fiction to an encounter with Thomas Pynchon's postmodern novel V.; from an exploration of Orwell's 1984 in the light of antisemitism to a study of Sterne's Tristram Shandy in the light of his suppressed antagonist, Bishop Warburton; and from a reading of A Sentimental Journey through the filter of Proust to a reading of A Tale of a Tub through the filter of The Magic Mountain. While the idea of fabrication is inherent in most postmodern commentary, New's criticism in these essays lies to the right of the literary academy, manifesting itself as a "contrarian," not liberal, mode of thinking. In his introduction, he takes note of the dread of totalitarianism that defines the horizon of all post-1945 literary study, and of the reader's necessary task to distinguish lies of power from lies of art--a difficult task, he writes, since "Power will often speak with the voice of art--is, indeed, art's best mimic, and worst." If we cannot find the truth in our lies and the grace in our art, New asks, what do we pass on the next generation--"what do we tell the children?"

How long is Telling New Lies?

Telling New Lies by Melvyn New is 215 pages long, and a total of 54,825 words.

This makes it 73% the length of the average book. It also has 67% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Telling New Lies Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 59 minutes to read Telling New Lies aloud.

What Reading Level is Telling New Lies?

Telling New Lies 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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