Poems, Philip Larkin
Longman (Publisher)
Published in September 1989
Book
Paperback/Softback
136 pages
978-0-582-03810-3 (ISBN)
Description
This series aims to introduce students to a wide variety of critical opinion and to show students, by example, how to construct a good critical essay. This collection of specially-commissioned short critical essays is designed for A level students. The essays contain diverse, often conflicting opinions, presented a clearly written and carefully structured manner which reflects the student's need to construct well thought-out arguments in the limited time examinations allow. They are also designed to act as a stimulus for independent thought and for the development of personal viewpoints. Each essay concentrates on a single area of thought or study of direct relevance to the type of essay students will be required to write, and uses textual evidence and quotations in support of the conclusions. A variety of approaches are used in the essays, to illustrate the various ways in which literary evidence can be organized to argue a viewpoint. Bryan Loughrey has been involved in A level paper-setting and policy-making. Linda Cookson has edited several Longman Study Texts titles published by Longman for the UK Secondary Schools English List.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Harlow
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pearson Education Limited
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Illustrations
suggestions for further reading
Dimensions
Height: 210 mm
Width: 143 mm
Weight
172 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-582-03810-3 (9780582038103)
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Content
Part 1 Essays: Larkin and ordinariness, Andrew Gibson; Larkin and jazz, Cedric Watts; deprivation and love in Larkin's poetry, Michael Gerin-Tosh; beauty and truth in three poems from "The Whitsum Weddings", John Saunders; "the long perspectives", Peter Hollindale; Larkin's England, Alan Gardiner; the "I" in Larkin, Harvey Hallsmith; "that vast moth-eaten musical brocade" - Larkin and religion, Roger Day; the positive Larkin, Ronald Draper; Philip Larkin - the limitations of experience, Graham Holderness. Part 2 A pactical guide to essay writing: how to plan an essay; style sheet.