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Table of contents (11 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Introduction
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Back Matter
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About this book
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Philip Larkin
Authors: Stephen Regan
Series Title: The Critics Debate
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-21941-4
Publisher: Red Globe Press London
eBook Packages: Palgrave Literature & Performing Arts Collection, Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Macmillan Publishers Limited 1992
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XII, 144
Additional Information: Previously published under the imprint Palgrave