J. M. Coetzee and the Ethics of Reading: Literature in the Event by Derek Attridge
Published 2004 · 61,875 words · about 6 hours at an average pace
How hard is J. M. Coetzee and the Ethics of Reading: Literature in the Event to read?
J. M. Coetzee and the Ethics of Reading: Literature in the Event scores 67 out of 100 for difficulty on ReadingRate, making it quite demanding. The score is a weighted composite of nine measures: four of how hard the prose is to parse, five of how hard the meaning is to extract.
- Vocabulary: 72 out of 100
- Literary-theoretical vocabulary throughout.
- Sentence structure: 70 out of 100
- Long academic sentences.
- Abstraction: 82 out of 100
- An ethics of reading argued abstractly.
- Information density: 72 out of 100
- Close readings across the whole Coetzee corpus.
How J. M. Coetzee and the Ethics of Reading: Literature in the Event is regarded
J. M. Coetzee and the Ethics of Reading: Literature in the Event holds a literary regard score of 44 out of 100, weighing its place in the canon, its critical reception, its influence on other writers, and the standing of its author. Regard is measured separately from difficulty: a demanding book is not necessarily an admired one.