One of the best-known and best-loved poets of the English-speaking world, Philip Larkin had only a small number of poems published during his lifetime. Collected Poems brings together not only all his books--The North Ship, The Less Deceived, The Whitsun Weddings, and High Windows--but also his uncollected poems from 1940 to 1984.
This new edition reflects Larkin's own ordering for his poems and is the first collection to present the body of his work with the organization he preferred. Preserving everything he published in his lifetime, the new...
One of the best-known and best-loved poets of the English-speaking world, Philip Larkin had only a small number of poems published during his lifet...
These letters throw light on a more complex figure than most readers will probably be expecting. Whether addressing his literary friends, who included Barbara Pym, Kingsley Amis and John Betjeman, or those less prominently placed, Larkin shows himself to be a frank and generous letter-writer.
These letters throw light on a more complex figure than most readers will probably be expecting. Whether addressing his literary friends, who included...
An account of a young English undergraduate from the provinces, this portrait of Oxford during the war is now regarded by many critics as a classic of its kind.
An account of a young English undergraduate from the provinces, this portrait of Oxford during the war is now regarded by many critics as a classic of...
Philip Larkin met Monica Jones at University College Leicester in autumn 1946, when they were both 24. Monica became by turns his correspondent, lover and closest confidante, in a relationship which lasted over 40 years until the poet's death in 1985. This book consists of nearly 2000 letters, postcards and telegrams they sent.
Philip Larkin met Monica Jones at University College Leicester in autumn 1946, when they were both 24. Monica became by turns his correspondent, lover...
This edition brings together all of Philip Larkin's poems. In addition to those in 'Collected Poems', and in the 'Early Poems and Juvenilia', some unpublished pieces from Larkin's typescripts and workbooks are included, as well as verse tucked away in his letters.
This edition brings together all of Philip Larkin's poems. In addition to those in 'Collected Poems', and in the 'Early Poems and Juvenilia', some unp...
A collection of poems from a tenderly observant poet who writes about what all of us can understand. The title poem describes the poet's journey by train from Hull to London, using the tones and rhythms of ordinary speech and focusing on the urban landscape of the industrial north.
A collection of poems from a tenderly observant poet who writes about what all of us can understand. The title poem describes the poet's journey by tr...
A work that features: reviews and critical assessments of writers and writing; pieces on jazz, mostly uncollected; some interviews given on various occasions.
A work that features: reviews and critical assessments of writers and writing; pieces on jazz, mostly uncollected; some interviews given on various oc...
This text gathers together the many interviews, broadcasts, statements and reviews that were omitted from Required Writing. Taken together the collection fills in a consistent but sometimes unexpected portrait of Philip Larkin - mordant, intolerant, generous, but always himself.
This text gathers together the many interviews, broadcasts, statements and reviews that were omitted from Required Writing. Taken together the collect...
This edition of Larkin's poems presents his four published books The North Ship, The Less Deceived, The Whitsun Weddings and High Windows in their original sequence. The text also includes an appendix of poems that Larkin published in other places, from his juvenilia to his final years. Preseving everything that he published in his lifetime, this collection of poems returns readers to the book Larkin might have intended if he had lived.
This edition of Larkin's poems presents his four published books The North Ship, The Less Deceived, The Whitsun Weddings and High Windows in their ori...
