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How long does it take to read The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism?

Vincent B. Leitch

The Norton Anthology of Theory and Criticism by Vincent B. Leitch takes about 48 hours 6 minutes to read at 250 words a minute.

About 48 hours 6 minutes

A long haul

First published 2001. 2,624 pages, about 721,600 words.

97 days (about 14 weeks) at 30 minutes a day

Estimate based on 275 words per page.

At other speeds

Slow, 150 words a minute 80 hours 11 minutes
Average, 250 words a minute 48 hours 6 minutes
Fast, 400 words a minute 30 hours 4 minutes

The page count is the median across 5 editions, so your copy may differ. How we calculate.

About the book

This welcome addition to the Norton anthologies binds the writings from 148 authors--among them Gorgias of Leontini, Plato, Aristotle, Horace, Longinus, Quintilian, Dante, Corneille, Dryden, Aphra Behn, Vico, Wollstonecraft, Coleridge, Poe, Baudelaire, Lukacs, Heidegger, Gramsci, Barthes, Raymond Williams, Haraway, Hebdige, hooks, Judith Butler, and the most recent theorist, Stuart Moulthrop.

Subjects: Criticism, History and criticism, Literature, history and criticism

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