List Of Books Collected Poems
| Title | : | Collected Poems |
| Author | : | Philip Larkin |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 240 pages |
| Published | : | April 1st 2004 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (first published 1988) |
| Categories | : | Poetry. Classics. European Literature. British Literature. Fiction |
Philip Larkin
Paperback | Pages: 240 pages Rating: 4.22 | 7894 Users | 226 Reviews
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One of the best-known and best-loved poets of the English-speaking world, Philip Larkin had only a small number of his poems published during his lifetime. Collected Poems brings together not only all his books--The North Ship, The Less Deceived, The Whitsun Weddings, and High Windows--but also his uncollected poems from 1940 to 1984. This new edition reflects Larkin's own ordering for his poems and is the first collection to present the body of his work with the organization he preferred. Preserving everything he published in his lifetime, the new Collected Poems is an indispensable contribution to the legacy of an icon of twentieth-century poetry.Itemize Books In Favor Of Collected Poems
| Original Title: | Collected Poems |
| ISBN: | 0374529205 (ISBN13: 9780374529208) |
| Edition Language: | English |
Rating Of Books Collected Poems
Ratings: 4.22 From 7894 Users | 226 ReviewsWrite Up Of Books Collected Poems
I feel like I should have liked this book but I didn't. Just stock-in-trade white-man-thinking-about-mortality-and-childhood-and-the-fragility-of-life-while-looking-at-nature poems, and I wound up feeling really alienated and orphaned, like, I cannot identify with a huge portion of the western canon because it is in this tradition and totally reinforces concepts in which I cannot, will not, REFUSE to place faith. Where/who are my progenitors? Also, there's this weird poem where he empathizesI fully admit that I know very little about poetry. Very little. But what I've now read of Philip Larkin's work really didn't grab me at all. At times, it irritated the heck out of me. (This started with a nasty little poem called "To My Wife" and never really went away. Also, as far as I could tell, he never married.)Note: The rest of this review has been withdrawn due to the changes in Goodreads policy and enforcement. You can read why I came to this decision here.In the meantime, you can read
When people say they don't like Larkin I wonder what the f*ck they read that they didn't like.
First, a big thank you to Tilly for including Larkins 'Lines on a Young Lady's Photograph Album in her review of this book. After decades of having a baseless bias against Larkin, probably just his name and time, I sat down and read his collected poems: a wonderful read.The initial challenge was to decide how best to read these poems. I finally decided on reading out loud, not easily done in a busy household, in order best to catch the rhythms and rhymes. It was also necessary to read these
Beyond all this, the wish to be alone.Larkin has more wit and humour than he's given credit for, but yes - he's our preeminent formalist of deprivation.
IntroductionThe North Ship--'All catches alight'--'This was your place of birth, this daytime palace'--'The moon is full tonight'--Dawn--Conscript--'Kick up the fire, and let the flames break loose'--'The horns of the morning'--Winter--'Climbing the hill within the deafening wind'--'Within the dream you said'--Night-Music--'Like the train's beat'--'I put my mouth'--Nursery Tale--The Dancer--'The bottle is drunk out by one'--'To write one song, I said'--'If grief could burn out'--Ugly Sister--'I
At first I did not like this at all. This edition collects five previously published collections, and the first--The North Ship--I really, really disliked. To the point I almost put the book down and went on to someone else. The only reason I kept going was because a reviewer I respect had mentioned how much he liked Larkin's poems, so I thought that there might yet be something I'd find to enjoy. Starting immediately after that first collection, though, I thought there was a shift in Larkin's
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