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Philip Larkin (1922-1985) is a poet whose very name conjures up a specific persona: the gloomy, death-obsessed and darkly humorous observer of human foibles and failings. The truth, both about the man and his work, is more complex, but the existence of the popular image points to Larkin’s broader cultural influence, beyond the world of poetry.
In its harmony of change and loss played against the melody of the poem’s wedding narrative, “The Whitsun Weddings” (1958) shows this contradiction to great effect. The poem may be Larkin’s best. Whitsun, or Whit Sunday, is the seventh Sunday after Easter (Pentecost), deep into spring, when people often marry.
フィリップ・ラーキン （Philip Arthur Larkin, CH CBE FRSL, 1922年 8月9日 - 1985年 12月2日) は、 イギリス の 詩人 。. コヴェントリー 生まれ。. オックスフォード大学 に学ぶ。. 卒業後、図書館 司書 となり、1955年から ハル大学 に勤務する。. そのかたわら、 トマス ...
10 de jun. de 2015 · We include ‘Aubade’ in our pick of the finest morning poems. 5. ‘ Toads ‘ (1955). One of the gems in The Less Deceived, ‘Toads’ is one of Larkin’s meditations (or perhaps invectives) on the subject of work. When asked years later by an interviewer (Larkin only gave interviews very reluctantly, though he did appear on BBC Radio’s ...
13 de abr. de 2023 · Larkin, prophet of postmodernism. The Oxford Anthology of Twentieth Century English Verse, published fifty years ago this year, is the best expression we have of what Larkin thought poetry could and should be. A projection of the original manuscript of the poem 'Toads' by Philip Larkin. Credit: PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo.
Philip Larkin, born in Coventry, England, in August 1922, developed a passion for literature from a young age. In 1945, his first ten poems were published in “Poetry from Oxford in Wartime,” marking the beginning of his poetic journey.
Philip Arthur Larkin (Coventry, 9 de Agosto de 1922 – 2 de Dezembro de 1985) foi um poeta inglês. Seu primeiro livro de poesia , The North Ship , foi publicado em 1945. Após se graduar em língua inglesa e literatura na Universidade de Oxford , em 1943 , Larkin virou bibliotecário e passou 30 anos de sua vida cuidando da biblioteca na Universidade de Hull .
