{"product_id":"the-complete-poems-of-philip-larkin-by-philip-larkin-9780571240074","title":"The Complete Poems of Philip Larkin","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis entirely new edition brings together all of Philip Larkin's poems. In addition to those in \u003cem\u003eCollected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e (1988), and in the \u003cem\u003eEarly Poems and Juvenilia\u003c\/em\u003e (2005), some unpublished pieces from Larkin's typescripts and workbooks are included, as well as verse (by turns scurrilous, satirical, affectionate, and sentimental) tucked away in his letters.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe manuscript and printed sources have been scrutinized afresh; more detailed accounts than hitherto available of the sources of the text and of dates of composition are provided; and previous accounts of composition dates have been corrected. Variant wordings from Larkin's typescripts and the early printings are recorded.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor the first time, the poems are given a comprehensive commentary. This draws critically upon, and substantially extends, the accumulated scholarship on Larkin, and covers closely relevant historical contexts, persons and places, allusions and echoes, and linguistic usage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDue prominence is given to the poet's comments on his poems, which often outline the circumstances that gave rise to a poem, or state what he was trying to achieve. Larkin played down his literariness, but his poetry enrichingly alludes to and echoes the writings of many others; Archie Burnett's commentary establishes him as a more complex and more literary poet than many readers have suspected.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47599375909100,"sku":"9780571240074","price":65.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/c84e3dbd83868725f24f6b03c40fb394.jpg?v=1778037538","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-complete-poems-of-philip-larkin-by-philip-larkin-9780571240074","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}