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The Complete Poems of Philip Larkin

By Philip Larkin

The Complete Poems of Philip Larkin Poetry

The Complete Poems of Philip Larkin

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This entirely new edition brings together all of Philip Larkin's poems. In addition to those in Collected Poems (1988), and in the Early Poems and Juvenilia (2005), some unpublished pieces from Larkin's typescripts and workbooks are included, as well as verse (by turns scurrilous, satirical, affectionate, and sentimental) tucked away in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. The 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. For 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. Due 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.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
768
Release Date:
2014-09-04
Publication Date:
2014-09-04
Publisher:
Faber & Faber, London
Languages:
Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:
0571240070
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
900 g
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