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Literary Criticism Poetry

Philip Larkin and English Poetry

by (author) Terry Whalen

Publisher
UBC Press
Initial publish date
Jan 1986
Category
Poetry, General, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780774843300
    Publish Date
    Nov 2011
    List Price
    $34.95
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780774802321
    Publish Date
    Jan 1986
    List Price
    $41.95

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Description

Philip Larkin and English Poetry is a practical criticism of Larkin's poetry which discusses the poet's views on poetry as they are made visible in his prose writings and his interviews and the relationship between his thoughtful critical writings and his own poetry. Larkin's affinities with a series of other English poets (including Dr. Samuel Johnson, D.H. Lawrence and the Imagists and Ted Hughes, Thom Gunn, and R.S. Thomas) which have been overlooked by previous critics are referred to. Terry Whalen provides close readings of the individual poems that will appeal to both the first-time reader of Larkin's works and those who are seasoned readers of one of England's finest poets.

About the author

Contributor Notes

Terry Whalen is an associate professor in the English department at Saint Mary's University.

Editorial Reviews

A fine testament to the poet ... one which Larkin himself -- a man, who, perhaps justifiably, had little patience with critics -- might have approved.

Antigonish Review

Strives to create a richly nuanced portrait of the poet ... does much to increase our understanding.

Atlantic Provinces Book Review