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Name: Philip Larkin
Birth Date: September 9, 1922
Death Date: 1986
Place of Birth: England
Nationality: English
Gender: Male
Occupations: poet

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Biography of Philip Larkin
889 words, approx. 3 pages
Philip Larkin (1922-1986) was one of England's leading poets to emerge after World War II. Philip Larkin was born August 9, 1922, the son of Sydney and Eva Emily Larkin. He spent his early years in Coventry, an industrial city in central England...
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Biography of Philip Larkin
7,104 words, approx. 24 pages
In a time when popular reception of poetry is perhaps more tenuous than in any period since the Wordsworthian revolution, Philip Larkin has managed to capture a loyal, wide, and growing audience of readers. He has been ac- claimed England's "unofficial...
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Biography of Philip (Arthur) Larkin
6,849 words, approx. 23 pages
[This entry was updated by Bruce K. Martin (Drake University) from his entry in the Concise Dictionary of British Literary Biography, volume 8, pp. 200-211.] In a time when popular reception of poetry was perhaps more tenuous than in any period since...


Quotations
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Philip Larkin Quotes
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Philip Larkin ( 1922-08-09 – 1985-12-02 ) was an English poet . Sourced Get stewed: Books are a load of crap. "A Study of Reading Habits," The Whitsun Weddings (1964) They fuck you up, your mum and dad.    They may not mean to, but they do....


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Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Philip Larkin Information
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Philip Arthur Larkin, CH, CBE, FRSL, (9 August 1922 – 2 December 1985) was an English poet, novelist and jazz critic. He spent his working life as a university librarian and was offered the Poet Laureateship following the death of John Betjeman, but...


News and Journals
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The Literary Review
On Philip Larkin.
09/22/1993: 3,350 words, approx. 11 pages
Philip Larkin's portrayal of the familiar patterns of community life give his poems a wide relevance, despite their apparent parochialism. Larkin's 'Required Writing,' in which he criticizes the modernists and their theories, contains some of his best work. Janice Rossen's book on Larkin, which...
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The Economist (US)
Philip Larkin.
04/10/1993: 583 words, approx. 2 pages
ON A sofa in the house of Alice Roosevelt Longworth, a renowned Washington hostess, lay an embroidered cushion that said: "If you haven't got anything nice to say about anyone, come and sit by me." The authors of the current wave of biographies...
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AP News
British Library gets Pinter archive
12/11/2007: 337 words, approx. 1 pages
The British Library has acquired the archives of the Nobel Prize-winning playwright Harold Pinter, including his correspondence with leading figures in theater and literature.The library paid $2.24 million for the archive, which includes Pinter's collection of play scripts which has been on loan to the...
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The New York Observer
Our Critic's Tip Sheet On Current Reading: Week of June 4th, 2007
5/29/2007: 256 words, approx. 1 pages
“Of all the classes,” wrote John Kenneth Galbraith, “the wealthy are the most noticed and the least studied.” That’s certain to change as the latest, most fecund American “wealth boom” stretches into its second decade. Robert Frank’s Richistan (Crown, $24.95) is more of a peep...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Calvin Bedient
8,046 words, approx. 27 pages
In the essay below, Bedient praises Larkin's poetic voice, claiming "[his achievement has been the creation of imaginative bareness, a penetrating confession of poverty."]
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Critical Essay by Lolette Kuby
7,628 words, approx. 25 pages
Below, Kuby examines Larkin's place among British poets, specifically his relationship to the modernist school.
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Critical Essay by Merle Brown
7,270 words, approx. 24 pages
Here, Brown focuses on Larkin's "absences, " not solely as symbols from nature, but as referents for his audience.
 
Featured Essays
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What is Typical of Larkin's Poetry?
1,418 words, approx. 5 pages
Typical features of the work of Philip Larkin, taking into account poems from 'The Whitsun Weddings' and others.


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