How Long to Read The Plays of John Heywood

How Long Does it Take to Read The Plays of John Heywood?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 19 minutes to read The Plays of John Heywood by John Heywood

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

Description

The series is performing an important service by providing fully annotated editions of Tudor humanists and playwrights in the original Tudor English, with glossaries and listing of textual variants and doubtful readings. COMPARATIVE DRAMA `A first-rate edition that substantially advances the cause of scholarship.' COMPARATIVE DRAMA First complete and fully annotated collection of John Heywood's plays in the original language. It makes possible a reevaluation ofhis remarkable achievement as actor-playwright and an appreciation of his lively contribution to the English language. In all their experimental variety the comedies are seen to have the stamp of an idiosyncratic, theatricalintelligence coupled with a surprising seriousness and Heywood emerges as a resourceful apologist for traditional Catholic doctrine in a time of Reformation. In arguing for a new chronology, the editors suggest that Henry VIII'sservant and entertainer was capable of refreshing irreverence and political daring. Contents: Witty and Witles, Johan Johan, The Pardoner and theFrere, The Foure PP, A Play of Love, The Play of the Wether. Notes.Appendices: Verses from a lost Play of Reason, Translation of . RICHARD AXTON is a Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge, and University lecturer in English. PETER HAPPÉis the former Principal of Barton PeverilSixth-Form College.

How long is The Plays of John Heywood?

The Plays of John Heywood by John Heywood is 368 pages long, and a total of 94,944 words.

This makes it 124% the length of the average book. It also has 116% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Plays of John Heywood Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 38 minutes to read The Plays of John Heywood aloud.

What Reading Level is The Plays of John Heywood?

The Plays of John Heywood is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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