How Long to Read The Image of the English Gentleman in Twentieth-Century Literature

How Long Does it Take to Read The Image of the English Gentleman in Twentieth-Century Literature?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 44 minutes to read The Image of the English Gentleman in Twentieth-Century Literature by Christine Berberich

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Description

Studies of the English gentleman have tended to focus mainly on the nineteenth century, encouraging the implicit assumption that this influential literary trope has less resonance for twentieth-century literature and culture. Christine Berberich challenges this notion by showing that the English gentleman has proven to be a remarkably adaptable and relevant ideal that continues to influence not only literature but other forms of representation, including the media and advertising industries. Focusing on Siegfried Sassoon, Anthony Powell, Evelyn Waugh and Kazuo Ishiguro, whose presentations of the gentlemanly ideal are analysed in their specific cultural, historical, and sociological contexts, Berberich pays particular attention to the role of nostalgia and its relationship to 'Englishness'. Though 'Englishness' and by extension the English gentleman continue to be linked to depictions of England as the green and pleasant land of imagined bygone days, Berberich counterbalances this perception by showing that the figure of the English gentleman is the medium through which these authors and many of their contemporaries critique the shifting mores of contemporary society. Twentieth-century depictions of the gentleman thus have much to tell us about rapidly changing conceptions of national, class, and gender identity.

How long is The Image of the English Gentleman in Twentieth-Century Literature?

The Image of the English Gentleman in Twentieth-Century Literature by Christine Berberich is 218 pages long, and a total of 56,244 words.

This makes it 74% the length of the average book. It also has 69% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Image of the English Gentleman in Twentieth-Century Literature Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 7 minutes to read The Image of the English Gentleman in Twentieth-Century Literature aloud.

What Reading Level is The Image of the English Gentleman in Twentieth-Century Literature?

The Image of the English Gentleman in Twentieth-Century Literature is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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