Queer Theory: An Introduction by Annamarie Jagose

Published 1996 · 42,075 words · about 3 hours at an average pace

How hard is Queer Theory: An Introduction to read?

Queer Theory: An Introduction scores 60 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: 65 out of 100
The full theoretical vocabulary, introduced as it goes.
Sentence structure: 62 out of 100
Clear academic sentences.
Abstraction: 78 out of 100
A survey of positions rather than of cases.
Information density: 68 out of 100
A whole field compressed into a short book.

How Queer Theory: An Introduction is regarded

Queer Theory: An Introduction holds a literary regard score of 58 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.

About the author

Annamarie Jagose