How long does it take to read The Mirror and the Lamp: Romantic Theory and the Critical Tradition?
The Mirror and the Lamp: Romantic Theory and the Critical Tradition by M. H. Abrams takes about 7 hours 27 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.
About 7 hours 27 minutes
A weekend read
First published 1953. 406 pages, about 111,650 words.
15 days at 30 minutes a day
Estimate based on 275 words per page.
At other speeds
| Slow, 150 words a minute | 12 hours 24 minutes |
| Average, 250 words a minute | 7 hours 27 minutes |
| Fast, 400 words a minute | 4 hours 39 minutes |
The page count is the median across 4 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.
About the book
Traces the evolution of the Romantic approach to literary criticism and compares it to the other methods which prevailed in the early nineteenth century.
Subjects: Romanticism, Engels, Dichtkunst, Romantiek, Literatuurkritiek, Romantisme
