Larkin's poems are often regarded as falling somewhere between the traditional 'plain' and the more contemporary 'postmodern' categories. This study undertakes a comprehensive linguistic and historical study of the plain style tradition in poetry, its relationship with so-called 'difficult' poetry, and its particular realization in the cultural and historical context of 20th-century Britain. The author examines the nature of poetry as a type of discourse, the elements of, and factors in, the development of literary styles, a close rhetorical examination of Larkin's poems within the described poetic frameworks, and his position in the British twentieth-century poetic canon.
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Unnoticed in the Casual Light of Day: Phillip Larkin and the Plain Style
Larkin's poems are often regarded as falling somewhere between the traditional 'plain' and the more contemporary 'postmodern' categories. This study undertakes a comprehensive linguistic and historical study of the plain style tradition in poetry, its relationship with so-called 'difficult' poetry, and its particular realization in the cultural and historical context of 20th-century Britain. The author examines the nature of poetry as a type of discourse, the elements of, and factors in, the development of literary styles, a close rhetorical examination of Larkin's poems within the described poetic frameworks, and his position in the British twentieth-century poetic canon.
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Unnoticed in the Casual Light of Day: Phillip Larkin and the Plain Style
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Unnoticed in the Casual Light of Day: Phillip Larkin and the Plain Style
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781138833302 |
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| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Publication date: | 12/22/2014 |
| Series: | Studies in Major Literary Authors |
| Pages: | 208 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d) |
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