How Long to Read The Masochistic Pleasures of Sentimental Literature

How Long Does it Take to Read The Masochistic Pleasures of Sentimental Literature?

It takes the average reader 4 hours to read The Masochistic Pleasures of Sentimental Literature by Marianne Noble

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

Description

For generations, critics have noticed in nineteenth-century American women's sentimentality a streak of masochism, but their discussions of it have over-simplified its complex relationship to women's power. Marianne Noble argues that tropes of eroticized domination in sentimental literature must be recognized for what they were: a double-edged sword of both oppression and empowerment. She begins by exploring the cultural forces that came together to create this ideology of desire, particularly Protestant discourses relating suffering to love and middle-class discourses of "true womanhood."...

How long is The Masochistic Pleasures of Sentimental Literature?

The Masochistic Pleasures of Sentimental Literature by Marianne Noble is 240 pages long, and a total of 60,000 words.

This makes it 81% the length of the average book. It also has 73% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Masochistic Pleasures of Sentimental Literature Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 27 minutes to read The Masochistic Pleasures of Sentimental Literature aloud.

What Reading Level is The Masochistic Pleasures of Sentimental Literature?

The Masochistic Pleasures of Sentimental Literature 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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