Such Deliberate Disguises: The Art of Philip Larkin

by Richard Palmer

Book Overview

Such Deliberate Disguises: The Art of Philip Larkin argues that a true understanding of Philip Larkin as man and poet lies beyond his enduring public appeal and the variety of criticism that has recently been applied to his work.
Richard Palmer suggests that the ostensible simplicity of Larkin's writing, which continues to attract so many readers to him, is deceptive, masking as it does one of the richest and most resonant of oeuvres in twentieth-century...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1847140254
• ISBN13: 9781847140258
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 202 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"