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Born in 1922 / Died in 1985 / United Kingdom / English

Furtherreading

Other info : Career | Bibliography

BOOKS

  • Aisenberg, Katy, Ravishing Images: Ekphrasis in the Poetry and Prose of William Wordsworth, W.H. Auden, and Philip Larkin, P. Lang (New York), 1995.
  • Alvarez, A., All This Fiddle: Essays 1955-1967, Random House, 1969.
  • Bayley, John, The Uses of Division, Viking, 1976.
  • Bedient, Calvin, Eight Contemporary Poets, Oxford University Press, 1974.
  • Bloomfield, B. C., Philip Larkin: A Bibliography, Faber, 1979.
  • Booth, James, Philip Larkin, Writer, St. Martin's Press (New York), 1992.
  • Brownjohn, Alan, Philip Larkin, Longman, 1975.
  • Contemporary Literary Criticism, Gale, Volume 3, 1975; Volume 5, 1976; Volume 8, 1978; Volume 9, 1978; Volume 13, 1980; Volume 18, 1981; Volume 33, 1985; Volume 39, 1986; Volume 64, 1991; Volume 81, 1994.
  • Cookson, Linda, and Bryan Loughrey, Critical Essays on Philip Larkin, Longman (Harlow, England), 1989.
  • Davie, Donald, Thomas Hardy and British Poetry, Oxford University Press, 1972, pp. 63-82.
  • Dictionary of Literary Biography, Volume 27: Poets of Great Britain and Ireland, 1945-1960, Gale, 1984.
  • Dodsworth, Martin, editor, The Survival of Poetry: A Contemporary Survey, Faber, 1970.
  • Enright, D. J., Conspirators and Poets: Reviews and Essays, Dufour, 1966.
  • Hartley, Jean, Philip Larkin, the Marvell Press and Me, Carcanet (Manchester), 1989.
  • Jones, Peter, and Michael Schmidt, editors, British Poetry since 1970: A Critical Survey, Carcanet, 1980.
  • King, Peter R., Nine Contemporary Poets: A Critical Introduction, Methuen, 1979.
  • Kuby, Lolette, An Uncommon Poet for the Common Man: A Study of Philip Larkin's Poetry, Mouton, 1974.
  • Latre, Guido, Locking Earth to the Sky: A Structuralist Approach to Philip Larkin's Poetry, Peter Lang, 1985.
  • Lerner, Laurence, Philip Larkin, Northcote House in Association with the British Council, 1997.
  • Martin, Bruce K., Philip Larkin, Twayne, 1978.
  • Motion, Andrew, Philip Larkin, Methuen, 1982.
  • Motion, Andrew, Philip Larkin: A Writer's Life, 1993.
  • O'Connor, William Van, The New University Wits and the End of Modernism, Southern Illinois University Press, 1963.
  • Petch, Simon, The Art of Philip Larkin, Sydney University Press, 1981.
  • Regan, Stephen, Philip Larkin, Macmillan (Houndmills, Hampshire, England), 1992.
  • Rosenthal M. L., The Modern Poets: A Critical Introduction, Oxford University Press, 1960.
  • Rosenthal, M. L., The New Poets: American and British Poetry since World War II, Oxford University Press, 1967.
  • Salwak, Dale, editor, Philip Larkin: The Man and His Work, University of Iowa Press, 1989.
  • Schmidt, Michael, A Reader's Guide to Fifty Modern British Poets, Barnes & Noble, 1979.
  • Swarbrick, Andrew,Out of Reach: The Poetry of Philip Larkin, St. Martin's Press, 1995.
  • Thwaite, Anthony, editor, Larkin at Sixty, Faber, 1982.
  • Timms, David, Philip Larkin, Barnes & Noble, 1973.
  • Tolley, A. T., My Proper Ground: A Study of the Work of Philip Larkin and Its Development, Edinburgh University Press (Edinburgh), 1991.
  • Whalen, Terry, Philip Larkin and English Poetry, University of British Columbia Press, 1986.

PERIODICALS

  • Agenda, autumn, 1974; summer, 1976.
  • American Scholar, summer, 1965.
  • Atlantic, January, 1966.
  • Bucknell Review, December, 1965, pp. 97-105.
  • Chicago Review, Volume 18, number 2, 1965.
  • Commentary, April, 1994, p. 39.
  • Contemporary Literature, summer, 1974, pp. 331-43; autumn, 1976.
  • Critical Inquiry, number 3, 1976-77, pp. 471-88.
  • Critical Quarterly, summer, 1964; summer, 1981.
  • Dalhousie Review, spring, 1968; spring, 1978.
  • ELH, December, 1971, pp. 616-30.
  • Encounter, June, 1974; February, 1984.
  • Esquire, May, 2004, Daniel Torday, review ofCollected Poems, p. 48.
  • Harvard Advocate, May, 1968.
  • Iowa Review, fall, 1977.
  • Journal of English Literary History, December, 1971.
  • Library Journal, July, 2004, review of Collected Poems, p. 88.
  • Listener, January 26, 1967; March 26, 1970; December 22, 1983.
  • London Magazine, May, 1964, pp. 71-7; November, 1964; June, 1970; October-November, 1974; April-May, 1980, pp. 81-96.
  • Los Angeles Times, June 13, 1984; October 1, 1988.
  • Los Angeles Times Book Review, December 1, 1985; July 30, 1989.
  • Michigan Quarterly Review, fall, 1976.
  • Nation, June 28, 2004, Melanie Rehak, "Ugly Beauty," p. 33.
  • New Criterion, February, 1986; June, 2004, William Logan, "Stouthearted Men," p. 60.
  • New Leader, May 26, 1975.
  • New Republic, March 6, 1965; November 20, 1976.
  • New Review, June, 1974, pp. 25-9.
  • New Statesman, June 14, 1974; July 26, 1974; March 21, 1975.
  • Newsweek, June 25, 1984.
  • New Yorker, December 6, 1976; July 26, 2004, John Updike, "Twice Collected," p. 84.
  • New York Review of Books, January 28, 1965; May 15, 1975.
  • New York Times, June 23, 1984; August 11, 1984.
  • New York Times Book Review, December 20, 1964; January 12, 1975; May 16, 1976; December 26, 1976; August 12, 1984; November 10, 1985; May 21, 1989; January 30, 1994, p. 18.
  • Observer (London), February 8, 1970; December 16, 1979, p. 35; November 20, 1983; October 9, 1988, p. 44.
  • Paris Review, summer, 1982, pp. 42-72.
  • Phoenix, autumn and winter, 1973-74; spring, 1975.
  • PN Review, Volume 4, number 2, 1977.
  • Poetry Nation, number 6, 1976.
  • Poetry Review, Volume 72, number 2, 1982.
  • Prairie Schooner, fall, 1975.
  • Review, June-July, 1962; December, 1964.
  • Southern Review, winter, 1977.
  • Stand, Volume 16, number 2, 1975.
  • Time, July 23, 1984.
  • Times (London), December 8, 1983; June 20, 1985; October 22, 1988.
  • Times Literary Supplement, January 6, 1984; October 23, 1992, p. 13.
  • Tribune Books (Chicago), April 16, 1989, p. 4.
  • Virginia Quarterly Review, spring, 1976.
  • Washington Post, June 3, 1989.
  • Washington Post Book World, January 12, 1975; May 7, 1989; December 12, 1993, p. 1.
  • Western Humanities Review, spring, 1962; autumn, 1975.
  • Yale Review, July, 1995, p. 136.

OBITUARIES:

PERIODICALS

  • Chicago Tribune, December 4, 1985.
  • Detroit Free Press, December 3, 1985.
  • Globe and Mail (Toronto), December 14, 1985.
  • Listener, December 12, 1985.
  • Los Angeles Times, December 3, 1985.
  • New Criterion, February, 1986.
  • New Republic, January 6 and 13, 1986.
  • New York Review of Books, January 16, 1986.
  • New York Times, December 3, 1985.
  • Observer (London), December 8, 1985.
  • Spectator, December 7, 1985.
  • Sunday Times (London), December 8, 1985.
  • Times (London), December 3, 1985; December 14, 1985.
  • Times Literary Supplement, January 24, 1986.
  • Washington Post, December 3, 1985.