How Long to Read The Twentieth-Century Spanish American Novel

How Long Does it Take to Read The Twentieth-Century Spanish American Novel?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 40 minutes to read The Twentieth-Century Spanish American Novel by Raymond Leslie Williams

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

Description

Spanish American novels of the Boom period (1962-1967) attracted a world readership to Latin American literature, but Latin American writers had already been engaging in the modernist experiments of their North American and European counterparts since the turn of the twentieth century. Indeed, the desire to be "modern" is a constant preoccupation in twentieth-century Spanish American literature and thus a very useful lens through which to view the century's novels. In this pathfinding study, Raymond L. Williams offers the first complete analytical and critical overview of the Spanish American novel throughout the entire twentieth century. Using the desire to be modern as his organizing principle, he divides the century's novels into five periods and discusses the differing forms that "the modern" took in each era. For each period, Williams begins with a broad overview of many novels, literary contexts, and some cultural debates, followed by new readings of both canonical and significant non-canonical novels. A special feature of this book is its emphasis on women writers and other previously ignored and/or marginalized authors, including experimental and gay writers. Williams also clarifies the legacy of the Boom, the Postboom, and the Postmodern as he introduces new writers and new novelistic trends of the 1990s.

How long is The Twentieth-Century Spanish American Novel?

The Twentieth-Century Spanish American Novel by Raymond Leslie Williams is 280 pages long, and a total of 70,000 words.

This makes it 94% the length of the average book. It also has 86% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read The Twentieth-Century Spanish American Novel Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 22 minutes to read The Twentieth-Century Spanish American Novel aloud.

What Reading Level is The Twentieth-Century Spanish American Novel?

The Twentieth-Century Spanish American Novel is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

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