It takes the average reader 5 hours and 23 minutes to read The Wildness Pleases (Routledge Revivals) by Christopher Thacker
Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more
First published in 1983. This book charts the growth of Romanticism from the initial reactions to the authoritarian classicism of Louis XIV, through the ‘codification’ of the Sublime by Burke in the 1750s, to the fascination with mystery, fear and violence which dominated the writing of the late eighteenth century. The origins of the movement are found in the writings of Rousseau and admiration for the ‘noble savage’, the development of the landscape garden, discoveries in the South Seas, new approaches to ‘primitive’ poetry and enthusiasm for gothic art and literature. These attitudes are...
The Wildness Pleases (Routledge Revivals) by Christopher Thacker is 316 pages long, and a total of 80,896 words.
This makes it 107% the length of the average book. It also has 99% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 7 hours and 22 minutes to read The Wildness Pleases (Routledge Revivals) aloud.
The Wildness Pleases (Routledge Revivals) is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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