How Long to Read The Fate of Eloquence in the Age of Hume

How Long Does it Take to Read The Fate of Eloquence in the Age of Hume?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 28 minutes to read The Fate of Eloquence in the Age of Hume by Adam Potkay

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Description

This engaging and insightful book explores the fate of eloquence in a period during which it both denoted a living oratorical art and served as a major factor in political thought. Seeing Hume's philosophy as a key to the literature of the mid-eighteenth century, Adam Potkay compares the staus of eloquence in Hume's Essays and Natural History of Religion to its status in novels by Sterne, poems by Pope and Gray, and Macpherson's Poems of Ossian. Potkay explains the sense of urgency that the concept of eloquence evoked among eighteenth-century British readers, for whom it recalled Demosthenes...

How long is The Fate of Eloquence in the Age of Hume?

The Fate of Eloquence in the Age of Hume by Adam Potkay is 264 pages long, and a total of 67,056 words.

This makes it 89% the length of the average book. It also has 82% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Fate of Eloquence in the Age of Hume Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 6 minutes to read The Fate of Eloquence in the Age of Hume aloud.

What Reading Level is The Fate of Eloquence in the Age of Hume?

The Fate of Eloquence in the Age of Hume 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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