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Philip Larkin: The Man and his Work

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  • © 1989

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  1. Dale Salwak

    1. Citrus College, USA

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. The Man

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Farewell to a Friend

      • Kingsley Amis
      Pages 3-6

    3. Larkin’s Oxford

      • Anthony Curtis
      Pages 7-17

    4. Larkin Around in the Library

      • Edwin A. Dawes
      Pages 18-26

    5. ‘I Remember, I Remember’, 1955–85

      • Maeve M. Brennan
      Pages 27-37

    6. ‘Goodbye, Witherspoon’: a Jazz Friendship

      • John White
      Pages 38-47

    7. Philip Larkin Abroad

      • Janice Rossen
      Pages 48-53

    8. An Innocent at Home

      • Noel Hughes
      Pages 54-58

    9. Philip Larkin and Barbara Pym: Two Quiet People

      • Hazel Holt
      Pages 59-68

  3. His Work

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 69-69
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    2. Larkin’s Presence

      • William H. Pritchard
      Pages 71-89

    3. Philip Larkin: Voices and Values

      • J. R. Watson
      Pages 90-111

    4. Tentative Initiation in the Poetry

      • John H. Augustine
      Pages 112-117

    5. Philip Larkin: the Metonymic Muse

      • David Lodge
      Pages 118-128

    6. Art and Larkin

      • Barbara Everett
      Pages 129-139

    7. Larkin’s Humanity Viewed from Abroad

      • Bruce K. Martin
      Pages 140-149

  4. In Retrospect

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 151-151
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    2. A Personal Memoir

      • Hilary Kilmarnock
      Pages 153-157

    3. Philip Larkin’s Inner World

      • John Bayley
      Pages 158-161
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A collection of essays celebrating the talents of Philip Larkin, poet, critic and fiction writer who died in 1985. They range from Kingsley Amis' and Anthony Curtis' fine memoirs of Larkin's life at Oxford to William H.Pritchard's examination of some of the qualities in his poetry.

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  • Citrus College, USA

    Dale Salwak

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