Philip Larkin: Life, Art and Love

by James Booth

Book Overview

A revelatory, intimate, and sympathetic study of Philip Larkin, an iconic poet and a much misunderstood man, offering fresh understanding of the interplay of his life and work.

Philip Larkin (1922-1985) is one of the most beloved poets in English. Yet after his death a largely negative image of the man himself took hold; he has been portrayed as a racist, a misogynist and a narcissist. Now Larkin scholar James Booth, for seventeen...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1620407817
• ISBN13: 9781620407813
• Release Date: November 2014
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.7" x 6.2" x 9.9"