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First Boredom, Then Fear: The Life of Philip Larkin

First Boredom, Then Fear: The Life of Philip Larkin

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When Philip Larkin's 'Letters' were published in 1992, the poet's enemies seized on the new disclosures with a frenzy unseen since the McCarthy era. What had hitherto been regarded only as potential inclination hinted at in his poems - misogyny and xenophobia in particular - were now indisputable facts, and since then Larkin's reputation as a poet has been tarnished by his image as a human being. Richard Bradford's acclaimed biography, now in paperback for the first time, reveals that Larkin treated his prejudices and peculiarities with detached circumspection. Sometimes he shared them, self-mockingly, self-destructively, with his closest friends; he divided up his life so that some people knew him well but none completely. It was only in the poems that the parts began to resemble the whole.

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Publisher	Peter Owen
Author	Richard Bradford
Binding	Paperback
Pages	274
Size	210x140 mm
ISBN-13	9780720613254

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