Collected poems / Philip Larkin ; edited with an introduction by Anthony Thwaite

Larkin, Philip

ISBN 10: 0571151965 / ISBN 13: 9780571151967

Published by London ; Boston : Marvell Press and Faber and Faber, 1988

About this Item

Very good cloth copy in an edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust-wrapper. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Physical description; xxvii, 330 pages ; 23 cm. Notes; Title page verso. Includes indexes. Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-320). Contents; Poems, 1946-83 -- Early poems, 1938-45. Subjects; Larkin, Philip. 1900-1999. English poetry 20th century. English poetry. Poetry in English, 1945- - Texts. 1 Kg.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Collected poems / Philip Larkin ; edited with an introduction by Anthony Thwaite
• Publisher: London ; Boston : Marvell Press and Faber and Faber
• Publication Date: 1988
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0571151965
• ISBN 13: 9780571151967
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st edition.

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.