Philip Larkin's Poetics

Theory and Practice of an English Post-War Poet
Erscheinungsjahr 2015
ISBN: 978-90-04-31106-0
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 214, 230 Seiten, Format (B × H): 164 mm x 243 mm, Gewicht: 465 g

Reihe: Costerus New Series

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

D Rácz, István

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturtheorie: Poetik und Literaturästhetik
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Einzelne Autoren: Monographien & Biographien
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Englische Literatur
• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft: Lyrik und Dichter

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Larkin and Poetics

Larkin’s Principles of Writing Poetry

Chapter 1 Experience and the Tradition of “the English Line”

Chapter 2 Beauty, Truth and Deception:

The Art of Choosing

Chapter 3 Audenesque Larkin: Non-literary Literature

Chapter 4 Character, Mask and Monologue

Chapter 5 Hardyesque Larkin: Pain in Agnostic Narratives

Chapter 6 Language, Death and Transcendence

Writing about Time

Chapter 7 Time as Prison and the Chances of Escape

Chapter 8 Aging

Chapter 9 Time as Space

Conclusion

Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

ISTVÁN D. RÁCZ is a Professor of English at the University of Debrecen and Director of the Institute of English and American Studies at UD. He has published books and studies on post-1945 British poetry, translation studies and romantic poetry.