How Long to Read "The True God Slays": Secularization and Ethics in the Postwar British Novel

How Long Does it Take to Read "The True God Slays": Secularization and Ethics in the Postwar British Novel?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 35 minutes to read "The True God Slays": Secularization and Ethics in the Postwar British Novel by David J. Fine

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

Description

Religion plays an essential role in the fiction produced in England after the Second World War: Catholic writers like Evelyn Waugh, Graham Greene, and Muriel Spark have come to define the midcentury novel, while spirituality infuses the work of prolific writers like Rebecca West and Iris Murdoch. Placing the moral philosophy and fiction of these authors together, "The True God Slays" demonstrates that these religious writers, whom one might be tempted to categorize as marginal figures because of religion's decline in post-1945 England, are centrally important both to one's understanding of religion's contested place in the modern nation-state and to an enriched appreciation for how literature works in the late modernist period. Focusing on literature produced during the years between Hitler's rise and Eichmann's trial (1933-1961), I argue that religion supports these writers ethical response to the horrors of the Second World War and the emergence of global capitalism but also structures their transfiguration of high modernism's aesthetics. In "The True God Slays", I identify the formal strategies these authors implement in order to effect ethical awareness and to engender right action, while also exploring these novelists' relevance to contemporary issues surrounding economic globalization, religious tolerance, and social change.

How long is "The True God Slays": Secularization and Ethics in the Postwar British Novel?

"The True God Slays": Secularization and Ethics in the Postwar British Novel by David J. Fine is 392 pages long, and a total of 98,784 words.

This makes it 132% the length of the average book. It also has 121% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read "The True God Slays": Secularization and Ethics in the Postwar British Novel Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 59 minutes to read "The True God Slays": Secularization and Ethics in the Postwar British Novel aloud.

What Reading Level is "The True God Slays": Secularization and Ethics in the Postwar British Novel?

"The True God Slays": Secularization and Ethics in the Postwar British Novel is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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