'Selected Letters of Philip Larkin, 1940-1985' by Philip Larkin (Books)


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Books : Selected Letters of Philip Larkin, 1940-1985

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by: Philip Larkin See Larger Image Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 809 EAN: 9780571170487 ISBN: 057117048X Label: Faber & Faber Manufacturer: Faber & Faber Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 791 Publication Date: 1999-12 Publisher: Faber & Faber Sales Rank: 472374 Studio: Faber & Faber Related Items: Collected Poems Philip Larkin: A Writer's Life Further Requirements: Interviews, Broadcasts, Statements and Book Reviews, 1952-85 (Poets on Poetry) The Letters of Kingsley Amis Required Writing: Miscellaneous Pieces 1955-1982 (Poets on Poetry) see more Editorial Review: Product Description: 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. Confessions, jokes, advice, scurrilities, pronouncements on literature and jazz, impromptu verses, published here for the first time, gossip and wisdom abound in these pages. They offer a view of a poet's progress from brash youth to rueful age, and in complementing the poems, provide a biographical document for the serious reader.

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