Philip Larkin
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This Reader's Guide provides a comprehensive and accessible overview of the key critical literature surrounding Philip Larkin's poetry. Robert C. Evans charts the major developments in Larkin's career as a writer alongside the evolution of critical responses to his work.
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'This is the most comprehensive study to date of the critical reception of Philip Larkin's poetry. It is also an immensely valuable contribution to scholarship in its own right. Lucid and incisive, it offers an illuminating account of both the poetry and the diverse, often controversial, responses it has prompted since its first publication.' - Stephen Regan, Durham University, UKMore details
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Robert C. Evans is Professor of English at Auburn University at Montgomery, USA. He is author of Perspectives on World War I Poetry (Bloomsbury, 2014) and (with Eric Sterling) The Continuum Handbook of Seventeenth-Century Literature (Continuum Press, 2010), among many other titles.
Content
Introduction.- 1. Larkin Arrives: The 1950s and 60s.- 2. Larkin Rises: The 1970s.- 3. Larkin Triumphant: The 1980s.- 4. Larkin Under Siege: The 1990s.- 5. Larkin Triumphant Once More: The 2000s.- 6. Newer Approaches to Larkin: The 2010s.- Conclusion.- Notes.- Bibliography.- Index.