How Long to Read A Little Primer of Tu Fu

How Long Does it Take to Read A Little Primer of Tu Fu?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 57 minutes to read A Little Primer of Tu Fu by David Hawkes

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

The deepest and most varied of the Tang Dynasty poets, Tu Fu (Du Fu) is, in the words of David Hinton, the “first complete poetic sensibility in Chinese literature.” Tu Fu merged the public and the private, often in the same poem, as his subjects ranged from the horrors of war to the delights of friendship, from closely observed landscapes to remembered dreams, from the evocation of historical moments to a wry lament over his own thinning hair. Although Tu Fu has been translated often, and often brilliantly, David Hawkes’s classic study, first published in 1967, is the only book that demonstrates in depth how his poems were written. Hawkes presents thirty-five poems in the original Chinese, with a pinyin transliteration, a character-by-character translation, and a commentary on the subject, the form, the historical background, and the individual lines. There is no other book quite like it for any language: a nuts-and-bolts account of how Chinese poems in general, and specifically the poems of one of the world’s greatest poets, are constructed. It’s an irresistible challenge for readers to invent their own translations.

How long is A Little Primer of Tu Fu?

A Little Primer of Tu Fu by David Hawkes is 288 pages long, and a total of 74,304 words.

This makes it 97% the length of the average book. It also has 91% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read A Little Primer of Tu Fu Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 46 minutes to read A Little Primer of Tu Fu aloud.

What Reading Level is A Little Primer of Tu Fu?

A Little Primer of Tu Fu is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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