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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.
Price: $118.00
Pages: 230
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Costerus New Series
Publication Date:
04 December 2015
ISBN: 9789004311060
Format: Hardcover
"Philip Larkin’s Poetics by István D. Rácz delivers what is promised in the book’s subtitle: not only is it a synthesis of the theoretical approaches adopted in Larkin studies but it is a useful collection of sensitive close readings of poems central to the Larkin canon contextualized in twentieth-century English poetry and provides good practical criticism to be used in the classroom." - Attila Dósa, University of Miskolc HU in Hungarian Journal of English and American Studies, Vol. 24 No.1 2018 pp. 223-226
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.