The Less Deceived

Author : Philip Larkin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1978137

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The Less Deceived by Philip Larkin Pdf

Author : Philip Larkin
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 53 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2012-04-05
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780571295005

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The Less Deceived by Philip Larkin Pdf

Philip Larkin's second collection, The Less Deceived was published by The Marvell Press in 1955, and now appears for the first time in Faber covers. The eye can hardly pick them out From the cold shade they shelter in, Till wind distresses tail and mane; Then one crops grass, and moves about - The other seeming to look on - And stands anonymous again. from 'At Grass'

Author : Philip Larkin
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-05
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780571271764

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Philip Larkin Poems by Philip Larkin Pdf

For the first time, Faber publish a selection from the poetry of Philip Larkin. Drawing on Larkin's four collections and on his uncollected poems. Chosen by Martin Amis. 'Many poets make us smile; how many poets make us laugh - or, in that curious phrase, "laugh out loud" (as if there's another way of doing it)? Who else uses an essentially conversational idiom to achieve such a variety of emotional effects? Who else takes us, and takes us so often, from sunlit levity to mellifluous gloom?... Larkin, often, is more than memorable: he is instantly unforgettable.' - Martin Amis

Author : Liz Croft
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 139 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-03-09
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 179442556X

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Philip Larkin's the Less Deceived - a Guide for Edexcel a Level English Literature (9ET0/03) by Liz Croft Pdf

The Guide has been written primarily for students of GCE A Level English Literature as specified by EDEXCEL in the post-2015 syllabus (9ET0). It addresses the requirement to study, under Component 3: Poetry, one text from a prescribed list, namely The Movement Poet: Philip Larkin: The Less Deceived. The poems are explored individually, with links and connections between them drawn as appropriate. The format of each exploration is similar:*An explanation of key features of the poem that require contextual knowledge or illustration and the relationship between the text and its context. *A summary of the key themes or ideas within the poems*A brief summary of the metric form, rhyme scheme or other structural features, related to the theme*A "walk-through" (or explication) of the poem, ensuring that what is happening in the poem is understood, how the rhythm and rhyme contribute to meaning, an explanation of the meaning of words which may be unfamiliar and an exploration of language and imagery. In addition, there is a section on Rhythm in English verse which explains the common metric forms.

Author : James Booth
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 815 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781408851678

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Philip Larkin by James Booth Pdf

_______________ 'Superb ... Booth's psychology is subtler than Motion's and more convincing' - Peter J. Conradi, Spectator 'Booth's diligence is unquestionable and even readers who think they know the poems will see nuances they had previously missed ... should render further attention by biographers superfluous for several years' - Guardian 'Those of us who never warmed to Larkin the man or poet, will have our aversions challenged by this sympathetic but different account of his life and work' - Independent _______________ A fascinating and controversial study of Philip Larkin's world and how it bled into his work, James Booth's biography is a unique insight into the man whose life and art have been misunderstood for too long Philip Larkin was that rare thing among poets: a household name in his own lifetime. Lines such as 'Never such innocence again' and 'Sexual intercourse began / In nineteen sixty-three' made him one of the most popular poets of the last century. Larkin's reputation as a man, however, has been more controversial. A solitary librarian known for his pessimism, he disliked exposure and had no patience with the literary circus. And when, in 1992, the publication of his Selected Letters laid bare his compartmentalised personal life, accusations of duplicity, faithlessness, racism and misogyny were levelled against him. There is, of course, no requirement that poets should be likeable or virtuous, but James Booth asks whether art and life were really so deeply at odds with each other. Can the poet who composed the moving 'Love Songs in Age' have been such a cold-hearted man? Can he who uttered the playful, self-deprecating words 'Deprivation is for me what daffodils were for Wordsworth' really have been so boorish? A very different public image is offered by those who shared the poet's life: the women with whom he was romantically involved, his friends and his university colleagues. It is with their personal testimony, including access to previously unseen letters, that Booth reinstates a man misunderstood: not a gaunt, emotional failure, but a witty, provocative and entertaining presence, delightful company; an attentive son and a man devoted to the women he loved. Meticulously researched, unwaveringly frank and full of fresh material, Philip Larkin: Life, Art and Love definitively reinterprets one of our greatest poets.

Author : Philip Arthur Larkin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1965
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:833834944

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The Less Deceived by Philip Arthur Larkin Pdf

Author : Philip Hobsbaum,Salem K Hassan,Nader Hashemi
Publisher : Springer
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1988-07-26
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781349193295

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Philip Larkin and his Contemporaries by Philip Hobsbaum,Salem K Hassan,Nader Hashemi Pdf

Author : Philip Larkin
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2013-04-04
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9780571263233

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The North Ship by Philip Larkin Pdf

The North Ship, Philip Larkin's earliest volume of verse, was first published in August 1945. The introduction, by Larkin himself, explains the circumstances of its publication and the influences which shaped its contents.

Author : Philip Larkin
Publisher : Faber & Faber Poetry
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2014-09-04
Category : English poetry
ISBN : 0571240070

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The Complete Poems of Philip Larkin by Philip Larkin Pdf

A stunning new edition that brings together all of Larkin's poems in addition to some unpublished pieces.

Author : Sisir Kumar Chatterjee
Publisher : Atlantic Publishers & Dist
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2014-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8126906065

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Philip Larkin by Sisir Kumar Chatterjee Pdf

Philip Larkin (1992-1985) Is Today Acclaimed As A British National Cultural Icon. Historically A Movementeer, Larkin Followed The Pleasure Principle To Democratize Poetry By Forging A Distinctive Philistine Aesthetic, By Employing A Defiantly Demotic Diction, And By Building His Poems Around A Structure Of Rational Discourse.Philip Larkin : Poetry That Builds Bridges Is A Well-Researched And Immensely Readable Book. It Is Perhaps The Only Work Available Today That Offers A Comprehensive Critical Account Of The Full Range Of Larkin S Poetry. A Significant Contribution To Larkin Studies, This Book Provides A Between-The-Lines Analysis Of Almost All The Poems Embodied In The Four Major Collections Of Larkin The North Ship, The Less Deceived, The Whitsun Weddings And High Windows.By Exploiting The Resources Of Larkin S Letters, His Prose Writings And His Biography, The Author Traces, Much Against The Grain Of Contemporary Larkin Criticism, The Poet S Thematic, Attitudinal And Technical Development From One Book Of His Poetry To The Next, And Shows The Trend Of Larkin S Evolution.With A Holistic Approach To The Total Corpus Of Larkin S Poetry, The Author Perspectivises The Poet, And Argues The Larkin S Achievements Lie In His Success In Building Bridges Between Aestheticism And Philistinism, Between Empiricism And Transcendentalism, Between Classicism And Romanticism, Between Modernism And Postmodernism, Between The Native British Poetic Tradition And The Anglo-Franco-American Experimental Line, And, Above All, Between Poetry And The Reading Public.This Book Also Contends The Larkin S Vision Of Life Is Neither Pessimistic Nor Optimistic, But Tragic And Melioristic.

Author : Philip Larkin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 24 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1951
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UCBK:C103614805

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XX Poems by Philip Larkin Pdf

Author : Philip Larkin
Publisher : Faber & Faber
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-01-03
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780571294961

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Further Requirements by Philip Larkin Pdf

Philip Larkin's Required Writing, a selection from his miscellaneous prose from 1953-82, was highly praised and enjoyed when it appeared in 1983. Further Requirements gathers together many other interviews, broadcasts, statements and reviews. Some of them date from the period after he had chosen the contents of Required Writing; others come from obscure publications, including some early pieces. This second edition of Further Requirements includes two more essays by Larkin: 'Operation Manuscript' and his Introduction to Earth Memories by Llewelyn Powys.

Author : Stephen Cooper
Publisher : Liverpool University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1845190009

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Philip Larkin by Stephen Cooper Pdf

Overturning many of the established perspectives on Larkin's poetry and prose, Cooper's book presents new evidence from a range of previously unpublished sources, and is the first full-length critical work to analyze Larkin's early fiction, as well as advance new readings of The Less Deceived, The Whitsun Weddings and High Windows. Critics have tended to label Larkin's poetry as sexist, racist and reactionary. However, this volume demonstrates that Larkin's artistic impulse throughout his career was to challenge orthodox models of social and sexual politics. Focusing on the Brunette Coleman novellas and the unfinished novels, a structural blueprint is identified as prefiguring the later poems' commentary on sexual and social conduct. Further unpublished material includes correspondence, workbook drafts, dream records, and a playscript, depicting, alternately, hostility to wartime heroics, revulsion to capitalism, unease with traditional gender roles and an interest in psychoanalysis. This study makes available to scholars paintings by Larkin's friend, James Sutton, which illuminate the writer's concern with social oppression, especially the predicament of women in the 1940s. Philip Larkin: Subversive Writer is a fresh and revealing study on Larkin's artistic subversion; stylistic and thematic, it reveals the underlying themes of Larkin's entire oeuvre.

Author : Philip Larkin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : English poetry
ISBN : 0571153860

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Collected Poems by Philip Larkin Pdf

Since its publication in 1988, Philip Larkin's Collected Poems has become essential reading on any poetry bookshelf. This new edition returns to Larkin's own deliberate ordering of his poems, presenting, in their original sequence, his four published books: The North Ship, The Less Deceived, The Whitsun Weddings and High Windows. It also includes an appendix of poems that Larkin published in other places, from his juvenilia to his final years - some of which might have appeared in a late book, if he had lived. Preserving everything that he published in his lifetime, this new Collected Poems returns the reader to the book Larkin might have intended.

Author : Philip Larkin
Publisher : Oxford Books of Verse
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : English poetry
ISBN : 0198121377

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The Oxford Book of Twentieth-century English Verse by Philip Larkin Pdf

Anthology of about 600 poems from more than 200 twentieth century English poets.