Stream of Consciousness in the Modern Novel by Robert Humphrey
Published 1954 · 43,086 words · about 5 hours at an average pace · Essays & Criticism
How hard is Stream of Consciousness in the Modern Novel to read?
Stream of Consciousness in the Modern Novel scores 53 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: 60 out of 100
- Technical grammatical vocabulary alongside standard literary-critical terms.
- Sentence structure: 55 out of 100
- Abstraction: 66 out of 100
- Closely grounded in grammatical description; abstract claims are always tied to textual evidence.
- Information density: 74 out of 100
- Dense with examples from multiple primary texts supporting precise technical distinctions.
- Narrative indirection: 13 out of 100
- Argument is taxonomic and direct; no rhetorical evasion.
- Symbolic density: 100 out of 100
- Analytical and descriptive throughout; no symbolic argumentation.
- Ironic distance: 100 out of 100
- Earnest technical study; no ironic distance.
- Resolution withholding: 100 out of 100
- Technical definitions and distinctions are stated with clarity; no withholding.
- Structural complexity: 33 out of 100
- Taxonomic organization by technique type; highly systematic and easy to navigate.
How Stream of Consciousness in the Modern Novel is regarded
Stream of Consciousness in the Modern Novel holds a literary regard score of 62 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.