Philip Larkin: Subversive Writer

by Stephen Cooper

Book Overview

Critics have labelled Larkins poetry as sexist, racist and reactionary. However, this volume demonstrates that Larkins artistic impulse throughout his career was to challenge orthodox models of social and sexual politics. Focusing on the Brunette Coleman novellas and the unfinished novels, a structural blueprint is identified as prefiguring the later poems commentary on sexual and social conduct. Further unpublished material includes correspondence,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789760720
• ISBN13: 9781789760729
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Liverpool University Press
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.0"