Poetry Against the World: Philip Larkin and Charles Tomlinson in Contemporary Britain

by Magdalena Kay

Overview

Poetry Against the World: Philip Larkin and Charles Tomlinson in Contemporary Britain brings together two major poets, who espouse opposite aesthetic ambitions, yet are both taken as paragons of Englishness, in order to ask how they pitch their poetry against an inhospitable world. This book explores how these two representative poets seek to redress an "age of demolition" through their poetry, and how their audiences react to the types of redress they propose.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367664947
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	09/30/2020
Series:	Routledge Studies in Contemporary Literature
Pages:	200
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Magdalena Kay is an Associate Professor of English at University of Victoria, Canada.

Table of Contents

Introduction: "The mind is a hunter of forms" 1 An Age of Demolition 2 The Trembling Mirror 3 All the Kingdoms of Possibilities 4 When Readings Grow Erratic 5 Celestial Recurrences, Lost Displays 6. Conclusion

Editorial Reviews

Poetry Against the World: Philip Larkin and Charles Tomlinson in Contemporary Britain provides an insightful examination of Larkin and Tomlinson in the context of antagonism towards poetry, art and the world. — David A. Salomon, The Sage Colleges

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