How Long to Read The Century of Women

How Long Does it Take to Read The Century of Women?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 36 minutes to read The Century of Women by Rebecca Messbarger

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

Description

Eighteenth-century Italian playwright Pietro Chiari designated the age he lived in 'The Century of Women' - an age when women gained considerable power through education and admission to various academic positions and professions. Structured as an extended disputation, this book tells the tale of five paradigmatic and ideologically divergent eighteenth-century Italian texts by male and female authors whose leitmotif is woman. These include an academic debate, a scientific tract, an oration, an Enlightenment journal, and a fashion magazine. Analysis focuses on the specific ways in which the exigencies of the 'new science' and the burgeoning Enlightenment project founded on rational civil law, secular moral philosophy, and utilitarian social ethics forced a transformation in the formal controversy about women. By uncovering the characteristics of the expansive dominant discourse about women among Italian Enlightenment thinkers and of the counter-discourse women authors produced to assert their own distinct authority over constructions of femininity and the public sphere, this study reconceives eighteenth-century Italian culture and rectifies misconceptions about Italy's position and influence within the literary republic of the European Enlightenment. Groundbreaking and original, this study is the first to examine the contribution of women to the Republic of Letters of the Settecento, and will revise prevailing notions of eighteenth-century Italian culture and academia.

How long is The Century of Women?

The Century of Women by Rebecca Messbarger is 209 pages long, and a total of 54,131 words.

This makes it 71% the length of the average book. It also has 66% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Century of Women Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 55 minutes to read The Century of Women aloud.

What Reading Level is The Century of Women?

The Century of Women is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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