Philip Larkin

Philip Larkin

by Robert C. Evans
Philip Larkin

Philip Larkin

by Robert C. Evans

Paperback(1st ed. 2017)

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Overview

Philip Larkin is widely regarded as one of the greatest English poets of the 20th century. As such, there is a vast amount of literary criticism surrounding his work.

This Readers' Guide provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of the key reactions to Larkin's poetry. Using a chronological structure, Robert C. Evans charts critical responses to Larkin's work from his arrival on the British literary scene in the 1950s to the decades after his death. This includes analyses of critical material from around the world, making this an excellent guide for all students of Larkin.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781137517104
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 09/09/2016
Series: Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism , #36
Edition description: 1st ed. 2017
Pages: 184
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Robert C. Evans is Professor of English at Auburn University at Montgomery, USA. He is author of Perspectives on World War I Poetry (Bloomsbury, 2014) and (with Eric Sterling) The Continuum Handbook of Seventeenth-Century Literature (Continuum Press, 2010), among many other titles.
Robert C. Evans is Professor of English at Auburn University at Montgomery, USA. He is author of Perspectives on World War I Poetry (Bloomsbury, 2014) and (with Eric Sterling) The Continuum Handbook of Seventeenth-Century Literature (Continuum Press, 2010), among many other titles.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1. Larkin Arrives: The 1950s and 60s
2. Larkin Rises: The 1970s
3. Larkin Triumphant: The 1980s
4. Larkin Under Siege: The 1990s
5. Larkin Triumphant Once More: The 2000s
6. Newer Approaches to Larkin: The 2010s
Conclusion
Notes
Bibliography
Index.

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This is the most comprehensive study to date of the critical reception of Philip Larkin's poetry. It is also an immensely valuable contribution to scholarship in its own right. Lucid and incisive, it offers an illuminating account of both the poetry and the diverse, often controversial, responses it has prompted since its first publication.' - Stephen Regan, Durham University, UK

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