Required writing : miscellaneous pieces, 1955-1982 / Philip Larkin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Larkin, Philip.

Contributor:

Gotham Book Mart Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Series:

Poets on poetry

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Larkin, Philip--Interviews.

Larkin, Philip.

Poets, English--20th century--Interviews.

Poets, English.

Interviews.

Poets, English--20th century--Biography.

Poetry.

Genre:

Interviews.

Biographies.

Penn Provenance:

Gotham Book Mart (former owner) (Gotham Book Mart Collection copy)

Physical Description:

328 pages ; 21 cm.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 1999.

Summary:

The reappearance of Philip Larkin's Required Writing will be welcomed by the late poet's many readers and admirers. The book's first two parts, "Recollections" and "Interviews", provide autobiographical glimpses of the very private Larkin's childhood, his youth at Oxford, the genesis of his forty-year career as a librarian, and the influences that initially steered his poetry.

The second half of the book reflects Larkin's literary standards and opinions in often witty and surprising, always beautifully wrought, essays and reviews. His subjects range from Emily Dickinson (were her first lines her best?) to the contemporary mystery novel. Required Writing concludes with a selection of pieces on jazz music.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0472085840

OCLC:

40501174