How Long to Read The Dismemberment of Orpheus

How Long Does it Take to Read The Dismemberment of Orpheus?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 40 minutes to read The Dismemberment of Orpheus by Ihab Hassan

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

Description

In this book, the first edition of which was published in 1971 by Oxford University Press, Ihab Hassan takes Orphic dismemberment and regeneration as his metaphor for a radical crisis in art and language, culture and consciousness, which prefigures postmodern literature. The modern Orpheus, he writes, "sings on a lyre without strings." Thus, his sensitive critique traces a hypothetical line from Sade through four modern authors--Hemingway, Kafka, Genet, and Beckett--to a literature still to come. But the line also breaks into two Interludes, one concerning 'Pataphysics, Dada, and Surrealism, and the other concerning Existentialism and Aliterature. Combining literary history, brief biography, and critical analysis, Hassan surrounds these authors with a complement of avant-garde writers whose works also foreshadow the postmodern temper. These include Jarry, Apollinaire, Tzara, Breton, Sartre, Camus, Nathalie Sarraute, Robbe-Grillet, and in America, Cage, Salinger, Ginsberg, Barth, and Burroughs. Hassan takes account also of related contemporary developments in art, music, and philosophy, and of many works of literary theory and criticism. For this new edition, Hassan has added a new preface and postface on the developing character of postmodernism, a concept which has gained currency since the first edition of this work, and which he himself has done much to theorize.

How long is The Dismemberment of Orpheus?

The Dismemberment of Orpheus by Ihab Hassan is 340 pages long, and a total of 85,000 words.

This makes it 115% the length of the average book. It also has 104% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Dismemberment of Orpheus Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 44 minutes to read The Dismemberment of Orpheus aloud.

What Reading Level is The Dismemberment of Orpheus?

The Dismemberment of Orpheus is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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