It takes the average reader 3 hours and 20 minutes to read The Curse of Eve, the Wound of the Hero by Peggy McCracken
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In The Curse of Eve, the Wound of the Hero, Peggy McCracken explores the role of blood symbolism in establishing and maintaining the sex-gender systems of medieval culture. Reading a variety of literary texts in relation to historical, medical, and religious discourses about blood, and in the context of anthropological and religious studies, McCracken offers a provocative examination of the ways gendered cultural values were mapped onto blood in the Middle Ages. As McCracken demonstrates, blood is gendered when that of men is prized in stories about battle and that of women is excluded from...
The Curse of Eve, the Wound of the Hero by Peggy McCracken is 200 pages long, and a total of 50,000 words.
This makes it 67% the length of the average book. It also has 61% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 33 minutes to read The Curse of Eve, the Wound of the Hero aloud.
The Curse of Eve, the Wound of the Hero is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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