How Long to Read W. G. Sebald - Image, Archive, Modernity

How Long Does it Take to Read W. G. Sebald - Image, Archive, Modernity?

It takes the average reader 3 hours and 47 minutes to read W. G. Sebald - Image, Archive, Modernity by J .J. Long

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

Description

W. G. Sebald is widely acknowledged as one of the most significant writers to have emerged onto the global literary scene in recent decades, and is frequently mentioned in the same breath as Nabokov, Kafka, Borges, Calvino, Proust, and Primo Levi. W. G. Sebald-Image, Archive, Modernity offers a unique and original reading of Sebald's dazzling oeuvre, arguing that his work is concerned first and foremost with the problem of modernity. It focuses in particular on the numerous archival institutions and processes that lie at the very heart of modernity and are repeatedly thematised throughout Sebald's work.Adopting a broad definition of the archive to encompass a wide range of material practices, the book analyses the function of photography, museums, libraries, and other systems of knowledge to which Sebald's texts obsessively return. Following Foucault, such systems are seen as central to the exercise of power and the constitution of subjectivity in modernity. By undertaking a differentiated analysis that is attuned to the formal complexities of Sebald's texts, this book shows that Sebald's engagement with structures of power-knowledge is characterised by a melancholy struggle to assert autonomous selfhood in the face of the institutional and discursive determinants of subjectivity.

How long is W. G. Sebald - Image, Archive, Modernity?

W. G. Sebald - Image, Archive, Modernity by J .J. Long 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.

How Long Does it Take to Read W. G. Sebald - Image, Archive, Modernity Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 5 hours and 10 minutes to read W. G. Sebald - Image, Archive, Modernity aloud.

What Reading Level is W. G. Sebald - Image, Archive, Modernity?

W. G. Sebald - Image, Archive, Modernity 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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