Collected Poems

Name: Collected Poems
Brand: Allen & Unwin
SKU: 9780571216543
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By Philip Larkin

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Collected Poems by Philip Larkin offers a comprehensive collection of the poet's work, showcasing his sharp wit, keen observations, and emotional depth. Through themes of love, loss, and the passage of time, Larkin's poetry captures the complexities of everyday life with simplicity and profundity. This volume allows readers to experience the evolution of Larkin's voice and themes throughout his career.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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You might enjoy these poems if you appreciate exploring themes of love, death, and the passage of time with a touch of wit and melancholy. This collection captures the essence of modern life through vivid language and poignant observations, offering readers a profound and often sardonic look at the human condition.

Collected Poems

This new edition of Larkin's poems for the first time presents his four published books, The North Ship, The Less Deceived, The Whitsun Weddings and High Windows in their original sequence.

Philip Larkin's Collected Poems contains all of this best-loved poet's work, in the order of his published collections: The North Ship, The Less Deceived, The Whitsun Weddings and High Windows.

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This edition of Larkin's poems presents his four published books The North Ship, The Less Deceived, The Whitsun Weddings and High Windows in their original sequence.

The text also includes an appendix of poems that Larkin published in other places, from his juvenilia to his final years.

Preserving everything that he published in his lifetime, this collection of poems returns readers to the book Larkin might have intended if he had lived.

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Philip Larkin's Collected Poems have been praised for their unforgettable impact, with lines that resonate powerfully in modern English poetry. Critics describe Larkin as resolute, witty, and often gloomy, yet the depth and quality of his work are seen as a significant contribution, offering readers much to appreciate and remember.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780571216543

Publisher: Faber & Faber

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 17 February 2003

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Faber & Faber

Edition: Main

Contributors:

Edited by Anthony Thwaite
Edited by Anthony Thwaite

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 19.0mm

Width: 130.0mm

Height: 198.0mm

Weight: 275g

Pages: 240

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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 Library, and Required Writing: Miscellaneous Prose. He worked as a librarian at the University of Hull from 1955 until his death in 1985. He was the best-loved poet of his generation, and the recipient of innumerable honours, including the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry, and the WHSmith Award.

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