The Philip Larkin I Knew


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The Philip Larkin I Knew


The Philip Larkin I Knew
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Author : Maeve Brennan
language : en
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Release Date : 2002

The Philip Larkin I Knew written by Maeve Brennan and has been published by Manchester University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with Literary Criticism categories.


Maeve Brennan had a close friendship with Philip Larkin, as well as working with him for a number of years. In this book, she provides new insight into the poet's complex personality, overturning the perceived image of him as a misanthrope.



Philip Larkin


Philip Larkin
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Author : J. Booth
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2005-08-10

Philip Larkin written by J. Booth and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-08-10 with Literary Criticism categories.


James Booth reads Philip Larkin's mature poetry in terms of his ambiguous self-image as lonely, anti-social outsider, plighted to his art, and as nine-to-five librarian, sharing the common plight of humanity. Booth's focus is on Larkin's artistry with words, the 'verbal devices' through which this purest of lyric poets celebrates 'the experience. The beauty.' Featuring discussion for the first time of two recently discovered poems by Larkin, this original and exciting new study will be of interest to all students, scholars and enthusiasts of Larkin.



So You Think You Know Philip Larkin


So You Think You Know Philip Larkin
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Author : M. R. Sethi
language : en
Publisher: Archway Publishing
Release Date : 2021-10-20

So You Think You Know Philip Larkin written by M. R. Sethi and has been published by Archway Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-20 with Poetry categories.


Nothing seemed to escape the eyes of Philip Larkin, a contemporary English poet who achieved acclaim on the strength of a small body of work. While lyrically exploring the human experience, Larkin’s candid perceptions were enlivened by his acute power of observation—a unique literary talent that prompted his recognition as England’s other Poet Laureate. In a fascinating quiz book that will appeal to both Larkin scholars and lovers of poetry and literature, retired English professor M. R. Sethi shares more than six hundred questions (with answers) that offer an opportunity to test knowledge regarding the life and works of the famous poet. Scholars and others will be tested on Larkin’s physical shortcomings, his first jobs, what he wore while mowing the lawn, why he once threatened to jump out a window, who was not one of his friends at Oxford, and much more that includes detailed questions regarding many of his poems. So You Think You Know Philip Larkin? is a volume of questions and answers shared to test the knowledge of both scholars and poetry and literature aficionados about a famous, contemporary poet.



Philip Larkin A Writer S Life


Philip Larkin A Writer S Life
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Author : Andrew Motion
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2019-05-02

Philip Larkin A Writer S Life written by Andrew Motion and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-02 with Biography & Autobiography categories.


Philip Larkin: A Writer's Life won the Whitbread Award for Biography in 1993 and was championed as 'an exemplary biography of its kind' (The Times). With a new introduction written by the author, this edition offers an engrossing portrait of one of the twentieth century's most popular, and most private, poets. 'There will be other lives of Larkin, but Motion's, like Forster's of Dickens, will always have a special place.' John Carey, Sunday Times'Larkin lived a quietly noble and exemplary version of the writer's life; Motion - affectionate but undeceived about the man's frailties, a diligent researcher and a deft reader of poetry - has written an equally exemplary 'Life' of him.' Peter Conrad, Observer'Honest but not prurient, critical but also compassionate, Motion's book could not be bettered.' Alan Bennett, London Review of Books



Philip Larkin


Philip Larkin
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Author : J. Booth
language : en
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Release Date : 2005-08-10

Philip Larkin written by J. Booth and has been published by Palgrave Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-08-10 with Literary Criticism categories.


James Booth reads Philip Larkin's mature poetry in terms of his ambiguous self-image as lonely, anti-social outsider, plighted to his art, and as nine-to-five librarian, sharing the common plight of humanity. Booth's focus is on Larkin's artistry with words, the 'verbal devices' through which this purest of lyric poets celebrates 'the experience. The beauty.' Featuring discussion for the first time of two recently discovered poems by Larkin, this original and exciting new study will be of interest to all students, scholars and enthusiasts of Larkin.



Philip Larkin


Philip Larkin
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Author : Laurence Lerner
language : en
Publisher: Northcote House Pub Limited
Release Date : 2005

Philip Larkin written by Laurence Lerner and has been published by Northcote House Pub Limited this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Literary Criticism categories.


A stimulating study that places Larkin in his literary and personal context, discusses current controversies and literary criticism but, above all, perceptively explores all his major poems.



Philip Larkin


Philip Larkin
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Author : James Booth
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2014-08-28

Philip Larkin written by James Booth and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-28 with Biography & Autobiography categories.


Philip Larkin was that rare thing among poets: a household name in his own lifetime. Lines such as 'Never such innocence again' and 'Sexual intercourse began / In nineteen sixty-three' made him one of the most popular poets of the last century. Larkin's reputation as a man, however, has been more controversial. A solitary librarian known for his pessimism, he disliked exposure and had no patience with the literary circus. And when, in 1992, the publication of his Selected Letters laid bare his compartmentalised personal life, accusations of duplicity, faithlessness, racism and misogyny were levelled against him. There is, of course, no requirement that poets should be likeable or virtuous, but James Booth asks whether art and life were really so deeply at odds with each other. Can the poet who composed the moving 'Love Songs in Age' have been such a cold-hearted man? Can he who uttered the playful, self-deprecating words 'Deprivation is for me what daffodils were for Wordsworth' really have been so boorish? A very different public image is offered by those who shared the poet's life: the women with whom he was romantically involved, his friends and his university colleagues. It is with their personal testimony, including access to previously unseen letters, that Booth reinstates a man misunderstood: not a gaunt, emotional failure, but a witty, provocative and entertaining presence, delightful company; an attentive son and a man devoted to the women he loved. Meticulously researched, unwaveringly frank and full of fresh material, Philip Larkin: Life, Art and Love definitively reinterprets one of our greatest poets.



Philip Larkin Letters Home


Philip Larkin Letters Home
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Author : Philip Larkin
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2018-10-30

Philip Larkin Letters Home written by Philip Larkin and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-30 with Poetry categories.


Letters Home gives access to the last major archive of Larkin's writing to remain unpublished: the letters to members of his family. These correspondences help tell the story of how Larkin came to be the writer and the man he was: to his father Sydney, a 'conservative anarchist' and admirer of Hitler, who died relatively early in Larkin's life; to his timid depressive mother Eva, who by contrast, lived long, and whose final years were shadowed by dementia; and to his sister Kitty, the sparse surviving fragment of whose correspondence with her brother gives an enigmatic glimpse of a complex and intimate relationship- But it was the years during which he and his sister looked after their mother in particular that shaped the writer we know so well: a number of poems written over this time are for her, and the mood of pain, shadow and despondency that characterises his later verse draws its strength from his experience of the long, lonely years of her senility. One surprising element in the volume, however, is the joie de vivre shown in the large number of witty and engaging drawings of himself and Eva, as 'Young Creature' and 'Old Creature', with which he enlivens his letters throughout the three decades of her widowhood.This important edition, meticulously edited by Larkin's biographer, James Booth, is a key piece of scholarship that completes the portrait of this most cherished of English poets.



Collected Poems


Collected Poems
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Author : Philip Larkin
language : en
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Release Date : 2014-12-11

Collected Poems written by Philip Larkin and has been published by Faber & Faber this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-12-11 with Poetry categories.


Since its publication in 1988, Philip Larkin's Collected Poems has become essential reading on any poetry bookshelf. This new edition returns to Larkin's own deliberate ordering of his poems, presenting, in their original sequence, his four published books: The North Ship, The Less Deceived, The Whitsun Weddings and High Windows. It also includes an appendix of poems that Larkin published in other places, from his juvenilia to his final years - some of which might have appeared in a late book, if he had lived. Preserving everything that he published in his lifetime, this new Collected Poems returns the reader to the book Larkin might have intended.



Philip Larkin


Philip Larkin
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Author : Nicholas Marsh
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2017-09-16

Philip Larkin written by Nicholas Marsh and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-16 with Literary Criticism categories.


Controversy rages around Larkin's character and life. This book takes a fresh look at his poems through close analysis, discussion of Larkin's major concerns and demonstrating how to approach these enigmatic works. It provides background information including an account of his life, discussion of cultural context and major critical views.