How Long to Read The Idea of the City in the Age of Shakespeare

How Long Does it Take to Read The Idea of the City in the Age of Shakespeare?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 28 minutes to read The Idea of the City in the Age of Shakespeare by Gail Kern Paster

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

Description

Gail Kern Paster explores the role of the city in the works of William Shakespeare, Thomas Middleton, and Ben Jonson. Paster moves beyond the usual presentation of the city-country dichotomy to reveal a series of oppositions that operate within the city's walls. These oppositions—city of God and city of man, Jerusalem and Rome, bride of the Lamb and whore of Babylon, ideal and real—together create a dual image of the city as a visionary ideal society and as a predatory trap, founded in fratricide, shadowed in guilt. In the theater, this duality affects the fate of early modern city dwellers,...

How long is The Idea of the City in the Age of Shakespeare?

The Idea of the City in the Age of Shakespeare by Gail Kern Paster 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 Idea of the City in the Age of Shakespeare Aloud?

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

What Reading Level is The Idea of the City in the Age of Shakespeare?

The Idea of the City in the Age of Shakespeare 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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