Philip Larkin Poems: Selected by Martin Amis (Faber Poetry) - Softcover

Larkin, Philip

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571258115 ISBN 13: 9780571258116

Publisher: Faber & Faber, 2013

Synopsis

For the first time, Faber publish a selection from the poetry of Philip Larkin. Drawing on Larkin's four collections and on his uncollected poems. Chosen by Martin Amis.

'Many poets make us smile; how many poets make us laugh - or, in that curious phrase, "laugh out loud" (as if there's another way of doing it)? Who else uses an essentially conversational idiom to achieve such a variety of emotional effects? Who else takes us, and takes us so often, from sunlit levity to mellifluous gloom?... Larkin, often, is more than memorable: he is instantly unforgettable.' - Martin Amis

About this title

Book Description:

Philip Larkin Poems is the selected poems from one of the nation's best-loved poets, edited by Martin Amis.

About the Author:

Philip Larkin was born in Coventry in 1922 and educated at King Henry VIII School, Coventry, and St John's College, Oxford. As well as his volumes of poems, which include The Less Deceived, The Whitsun Weddings and High Windows, he wrote two novels, Jill and A Girl in Winter, and two books of collected journalism: All What Jazz: A Record Diary and Required Writing: Miscellaneous Prose. He worked as a librarian at the University of Hull from 1955 until his death in 1985. He was the best-loved poet of his generation, and the recipient of innumerable honours, including the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry and the WHSmith Award.

About this edition

• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0571258115
• ISBN 13: 9780571258116
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128