How Long to Read Women Writers of the American West, 1833-1927

How Long Does it Take to Read Women Writers of the American West, 1833-1927?

It takes the average reader 6 hours and 35 minutes to read Women Writers of the American West, 1833-1927 by Nina Baym

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

Description

Women Writers of the American West, 1833–1927 recovers the names and works of hundreds of women who wrote about the American West during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, some of them long forgotten and others better known novelists, poets, memoirists, and historians such as Willa Cather and Mary Austin Holley. Nina Baym mined literary and cultural histories, anthologies, scholarly essays, catalogs, advertisements, and online resources to debunk critical assumptions that women did not publish about the West as much as they did about other regions. Elucidating a substantial body of nearly 650 books of all kinds by more than 300 writers, Baym reveals how the authors showed women making lives for themselves in the West, how they represented the diverse region, and how they represented themselves. Baym accounts for a wide range of genres and geographies, affirming that the literature of the West was always more than cowboy tales and dime novels. Nor did the West consist of a single landscape, as women living in the expanses of Texas saw a different world from that seen by women in gold rush California. Although many women writers of the American West accepted domestic agendas crucial to the development of families, farms, and businesses, they also found ways to be forceful agents of change, whether by taking on political positions, deriding male arrogance, or, as their voluminous published works show, speaking out when they were expected to be silent.

How long is Women Writers of the American West, 1833-1927?

Women Writers of the American West, 1833-1927 by Nina Baym is 386 pages long, and a total of 98,816 words.

This makes it 130% the length of the average book. It also has 121% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Women Writers of the American West, 1833-1927 Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 8 hours and 59 minutes to read Women Writers of the American West, 1833-1927 aloud.

What Reading Level is Women Writers of the American West, 1833-1927?

Women Writers of the American West, 1833-1927 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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