Collected Poems

Philip Larkin

ISBN 10: 0571151965 / ISBN 13: 9780571151967

Published by The Marvell Press and Faber and Faber Limited, London, 1988

About this Item

Edited with an Introduction by Anthony Thwaite, 1st impression, unread, not price clipped, no owner's name or other inscription, some light age toning to page ends, D/j has no tears, nicks, creases or marks and is protected by a clear removable sleeve. This copy purchased new by me upon publication.

Seller Inventory # 051834

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Collected Poems
• Publisher: The Marvell Press and Faber and Faber Limited, London
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0571151965
• ISBN 13: 9780571151967
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

About this title

Synopsis

One of the best-known, best-loved poets of the English-speaking world, Larkin had a relatively small number of poems published during his lifetime. This Collected Poems, which J. D. McClatchy called "a fascinating and indispensable text" in The New York Times Book Review, brings together not only all of Larkin's published verseâ The North Ship (1945), the pamphlet of XX Poems (1953), The Less Deceived (1955), The Whitsun Weddings (1964), and High Windows (1974)â but also a vast selection of his uncollected poetry. A brief Introduction by Anthony Thwaite illuminates both the life and verse of this highly perceptive and deeply acerbic poet, a dour yet witty soul whose brilliant writings so often suggest an ongoing conflict between the traditional and the modern.

About the Author

Philip Larkin was born in Coventry in 1922 and was educated at King Henry VIII School, Coventry, and St John's College, Oxford. As well as his volumes of poems, which include The Whitsun Weddings and High Windows, he wrote two novels, Jill and A Girl in Winter, and two books of collected journalism: All What Jazz: A Record Diary, and Required Writing: Miscellaneous Prose. He worked as a librarian at the University of Hull from 1955 until his death in 1985.