How Long to Read Visionary Compacts

How Long Does it Take to Read Visionary Compacts?

It takes the average reader 5 hours and 6 minutes to read Visionary Compacts by Donald E. Pease

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

Description

In a major contribution to American literary culture, Donald E. Pease reassesses the works of a number of major writers of the American Renaissance, including Hawthorne, Whitman, Emerson, Melville, and Poe. He argues that the Revolutionary mythos, used to explain and organize American Renaissance literature for a century, was not used as an organizing principle by these writers. Pease succeeds in showing that the literature of the 1830s, 1840s, and 1850s addressed specific concerns about the fate of the nation under the political challenges of abolition and secession, the tensions between nationality and locality, and the threat of a civil war they sought to prevent. During this period, Pease demonstrates, the writers of the American Renaissance did not adhere to the Revolutionary mythos but devised what he calls visionary compacts. Such compacts sanctioned terms of agreement from the nation's past--by the founding principles of liberty, equality, and social justice--capable of bringing together the nation's citizens. In returning Americans to a vision of agreed upon principles, says Pease, they hoped to restore a common life that all Americans could share, and thereby avoid the need for a civil war.

How long is Visionary Compacts?

Visionary Compacts by Donald E. Pease is 303 pages long, and a total of 76,659 words.

This makes it 102% the length of the average book. It also has 94% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Visionary Compacts Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 58 minutes to read Visionary Compacts aloud.

What Reading Level is Visionary Compacts?

Visionary Compacts is suitable for students ages 12 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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