It takes the average reader 3 hours and 47 minutes to read Transgressive Language in Medieval English Drama by Lynn Forest-Hill
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This title was first published in 2000: Insults, abuse, oaths, scatological and bawdy language - these form the subject of Lynn Forest-Hill's study on "bad" language in the late Middle Ages. She demonstrates how, in mediaeval mystery plays and morality plays, dramatists used outrageous language with great sophistication and subtlety to create characterizations and define characters' moral status, to reflect on social conditions, to condemn social evils, and to comment upon sensitive cultural, political and religious topics of the 16th century. The author begins by defining what constitutes...
Transgressive Language in Medieval English Drama by Lynn Forest-Hill is 224 pages long, and a total of 56,896 words.
This makes it 76% the length of the average book. It also has 70% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 10 minutes to read Transgressive Language in Medieval English Drama aloud.
Transgressive Language in Medieval English Drama is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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