Philip Larkin - Couverture souple

Regan, Stephen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 033347497X ISBN 13 : 9780333474976

Editeur : Palgrave Macmillan, 1992

Synopsis

Following the recent publication of Philip Larkin's Collected Poems, this study draws on a previously unavailable range of work extending from 1938 to 1983. In the course of its survey, the book exposes the limitations of narrowly thematic and formalist criticism, but it treats with equal scepticism the fashionable tendency to regard Larkin as a 'symbolist' poet. In his appraisal Stephen Regan argues strongly for the importance of reading the poems historically and contextually. The emphasis here is on the post-war cultural milieu of Larkin's work and its complex engagement with questions of individual freedom and social commitment.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Since his death in 1985, Philip Larkin's reputation as a writer has undergone a profound and dramatic transformation. With the publication of a candid biography, a controversial collection of letters and a comprehensive edition of the poems, the abiding interests and concerns of Larkin criticism have been radically altered. At the same time, the impact of literary theory has brought a new set of critical perspectives and approaches to bear on the poetry. The essays in this volume abandon the tired cliches of an older critical consensus and offer a lively, provocative response to such issues as sexual politics, national identity and post-colonialism in the work of a writer widely regarded as the best Poet Laureate Britain never had.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Palgrave Macmillan
• Date d'édition: 1992
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 033347497X
• ISBN 13: 9780333474976
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 152
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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