The complete poems
Larkin, Philip2013
Book
"This entirely new edition brings together all of Philip Larkin's poems. In addition to those that appear in Collected Poems (1988) and Early Poems and Juvenilia (2005), some unpublished pieces from Larkin's typescripts and workbooks are included, as well as verse--by turns scurrilous, satirical, affectionate, and sentimental--that had been tucked away in his letters. For the first time, Larkin's poems are given a comprehensive commentary. This draws critically upon, and substantially extends, the accumulated scholarship on Larkin, and covers closely relevant historical contexts, persons and places, allusions and echoes, and linguistic usage. Prominence is given to the poet's comments on his own work, which often outline the circumstances that gave rise to a poem or state that he was trying to achieve. Larkin often played down his literariness, but his poetry enrichingly alludes to and echoes the writings of many others. Archie Burnett's commentary establishes Larkin as a more complex and more literary poet than many readers have suspected."--Publisher's website.
Main title:
The complete poems / Philip Larkin ; editied and with an introduction and commentary by Archie Burnett.
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Edition:
1st American paperback ed.
Imprint:
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2013.
Collation:
xxx, 729 p. ; 23 cm.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations used -- Introduction -- The poems -- The north ship -- The less deceived -- The Whitsun weddings -- High windows -- Other poems published in the poet's lifetime -- Poems not published in the poet's lifetime -- Undated or approximately dated poems -- Commentary -- The north ship -- The less deceived -- The Whitsun weddings -- High windows -- Other poems published in the poet's lifetime -- Poems not published in the poet's lifetime -- Undated or approximately dated poems -- Appendices -- I. Larkin's early collections of his poems -- II. Dates of composition -- Index of titles and first lines.
ISBN:
9780374533663 (pbk)0374533660 (pbk)
Dewey class:
821.914
LC class:
PR6023.A66
Language:
English
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BRN:
82550
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kathleen Syme Carlton | -Literature | LITER 821.914 LARK | Available |