Philip Larkin's poetics : : theory and practice of an English post-war poet / / István D. Rácz.

• VerfasserIn: Rácz, István D.,
• Place / Publishing House: Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill Rodopi,, 2016.; ©2016
• Year of Publication: 2016
• Language: English
• Series: Costerus New Series 214.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (238 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.

In Philip Larkin’s Poetics István D. Rácz offers a reading of Larkin’s credo that systematically discusses the links between his principles and practice – a discussion notably absent up to now from the many studies of this outstanding post-1945 British poet. While Larkin claimed that his poetry did not need any explication, Rácz argues that a careful reading reveals a coherent poetics. This thoroughgoing discussion of the oeuvre provides ample evidence that Larkin’s poetry of interacting opposites creates a logically organized system based on principles to be found in his poetics.

Table of Contents

Preliminary Material -- Introduction: Larkin and Poetics -- Experience and the Tradition of “the English Line” -- Beauty, Truth and Deception: The Art of Choosing -- Audenesque Larkin: Non-literary Literature -- Character, Mask and Monologue -- Hardyesque Larkin: Pain in Agnostic Narratives -- Language, Death and Transcendence -- Time as Prison and the Chances of Escape -- Aging -- Time as Space -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.