How Long to Read The Return of Hans Staden

How Long Does it Take to Read The Return of Hans Staden?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 31 minutes to read The Return of Hans Staden by Eve M. Duffy

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

Description

Hans Staden’s sixteenth-century account of shipwreck and captivity by the Tupinambá Indians of Brazil was an early modern bestseller. This retelling of the German sailor’s eyewitness account known as the True History shows both why it was so popular at the time and why it remains an important tool for understanding the opening of the Atlantic world. Eve M. Duffy and Alida C. Metcalf carefully reconstruct Staden’s life as a German soldier, his two expeditions to the Americas, and his subsequent shipwreck, captivity, brush with cannibalism, escape, and return. The authors explore how these events and experiences were recreated in the text and images of the True History. Focusing on Staden’s multiple roles as a go-between, Duffy and Metcalf address many of the issues that emerge when cultures come into contact and conflict. An artful and accessible interpretation, The Return of Hans Staden takes a text best known for its sensational tale of cannibalism and shows how it can be reinterpreted as a window into the precariousness of lives on both sides of early modern encounters, when such issues as truth and lying, violence, religious belief, and cultural difference were key to the formation of the Atlantic world.

How long is The Return of Hans Staden?

The Return of Hans Staden by Eve M. Duffy is 211 pages long, and a total of 52,961 words.

This makes it 71% the length of the average book. It also has 65% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Return of Hans Staden Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 49 minutes to read The Return of Hans Staden aloud.

What Reading Level is The Return of Hans Staden?

The Return of Hans Staden 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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