How Long to Read This Thing We Call Literature

How Long Does it Take to Read This Thing We Call Literature?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 13 minutes to read This Thing We Call Literature by Arthur Krystal

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

Description

In his fourth book of essays, acclaimed cultural critic Arthur Krystal surveys the world of letters in its academic, literary, and populist incarnations--just to make sure those divisions still apply. What he finds is that the ground has shifted. With Lionel Trilling at his back, Krystal casts a cold eye on contemporary culture and discerns a lack of discrimination between the truly great and the merely good, and the fairly good and just plain bad. Critical but not angst-ridden, he deplores tunnel vision on both sides of the culture wars. Presumptive cultural boundaries have no place here. Krystal admires Bob Dylan and Elmore Leonard without including them in a purely literary pantheon. He endorses the Great Books without necessarily voting the Republican ticket. In essays about the meaning of the novel, the role of music in poetry, genre fiction vs. literary fiction, the contributions of the superlative critic Erich Auerbach, and the strange alliance of neurology and aesthetics, as well as in lighter pieces about reviewing and list-making, Krystal brings his own brand of discriminating intelligence to a spectrum of received opinions whose flaws and cracks otherwise go unnoticed.

How long is This Thing We Call Literature?

This Thing We Call Literature by Arthur Krystal is 192 pages long, and a total of 48,384 words.

This makes it 65% the length of the average book. It also has 59% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read This Thing We Call Literature Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 4 hours and 24 minutes to read This Thing We Call Literature aloud.

What Reading Level is This Thing We Call Literature?

This Thing We Call Literature is suitable for students ages 10 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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