How Long to Read The Devil's Messages

How Long Does it Take to Read The Devil's Messages?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 10 minutes to read The Devil's Messages by Thomas Aiello

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

Description

The evolution of American cultural history pivots on those moments, large and small, where definitions break down, where meaning is contested, and a new kind of understanding is created in the bargain. We would be hard pressed to call that evolution progress, as new situational realities are defined by their newness and the situations that create them, but they breed difference, nonetheless, and create a new synthesis from the rubble. Those situational realities are created by shifts in meaning, by the cross-currents of language, which ultimately drive the system--not forward, perhaps, but into a new state of being, for better or worse, depending on one's own needs or beliefs. The Devil's Messages is a collection of essays that examines instances of definitional difference, of contested meaning. The essays move chronologically, but they are by no means comprehensive. The evolution of American history tracks along myriad similar disputes. Instead, each essay is exemplary of historical points where disagreements over language create contested space. Some of those spaces are large--Civil Rights, Christianity, the Cold War. Others are smaller, more limited examples of similar problems. The Devil's Messages chronicles an art controversy in the mid-century South, the linguistic nomenclature that gave the country "godless communism," and the fight to remove prayer from public schools. It finds the devil in the films of Otto Preminger and Woody Allen and in the details of Ira Levin novels and disco, remembering throughout that historians themselves can be his most effective advocate when dealing with the rest of the liberal arts.

How long is The Devil's Messages?

The Devil's Messages by Thomas Aiello is 250 pages long, and a total of 62,500 words.

This makes it 84% the length of the average book. It also has 76% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Devil's Messages Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 41 minutes to read The Devil's Messages aloud.

What Reading Level is The Devil's Messages?

The Devil's Messages 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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