How Long to Read The Sensational Past: How the Enlightenment Changed the Way We Use Our Senses

How Long Does it Take to Read The Sensational Past: How the Enlightenment Changed the Way We Use Our Senses?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 57 minutes to read The Sensational Past: How the Enlightenment Changed the Way We Use Our Senses by Carolyn Purnell

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

Description

Sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch—as they were celebrated during the Enlightenment and as they are perceived today. Blindfolding children from birth? Playing a piano made of live cats? Using tobacco to cure drowning? Wearing “flea”-colored clothes? These actions may seem odd to us, but in the eighteenth century, they made perfect sense. As often as we use our senses, we rarely stop to think about their place in history. But perception is not dependent on the body alone. Carolyn Purnell persuasively shows that, while our bodies may not change dramatically, the way we think about the...

How long is The Sensational Past: How the Enlightenment Changed the Way We Use Our Senses?

The Sensational Past: How the Enlightenment Changed the Way We Use Our Senses by Carolyn Purnell is 288 pages long, and a total of 74,304 words.

This makes it 97% the length of the average book. It also has 91% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Sensational Past: How the Enlightenment Changed the Way We Use Our Senses Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 46 minutes to read The Sensational Past: How the Enlightenment Changed the Way We Use Our Senses aloud.

What Reading Level is The Sensational Past: How the Enlightenment Changed the Way We Use Our Senses?

The Sensational Past: How the Enlightenment Changed the Way We Use Our Senses 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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