Philip Larkin
Paperback | Pages: 42 pages Rating: 4.16 | 1692 Users | 106 Reviews
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| Title | : | High Windows |
| Author | : | Philip Larkin |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 42 pages |
| Published | : | October 29th 1979 by Faber and Faber (first published 1974) |
| Categories | : | Poetry. European Literature. British Literature. Fiction |
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Before I developed my own politics I loved Larkin, for his way with words and ability to tug the heartstrings with maudlin reflections. He's got some great lines. But I can't read him now; he looks down on people too much, he's too conventional, too conservative, too narrowly, comfortably English. Of course, most of the time he isn't comfortable, he's reflecting on time and death, its spectre at the back of everything, but that's quite facile, he just drops it in, cleverly, at the right moment to bring a lump to your unsuspecting throat. What I mean is, he's cosy in his values, even his conflicts are resolved by the emotion they reliably provoke. Since we all feel sad about death, it's made safe. I suppose that's why he's such a popular poet. He might be provocative, but there's nothing radical about him.Mention Books In Pursuance Of High Windows
| Original Title: | High Windows |
| ISBN: | 0571114512 (ISBN13: 9780571114511) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 4.16 From 1692 Users | 106 ReviewsComment On About Books High Windows
This slim book is filled with profound thoughts of aging and life in general but written in the profane words of ordinary humans. Philip Larkin is an amazing poet.Philip Larkin's poems always make me think "Hey this is exactly what I felt". and then, silence. Have you ever feel sad about the concrete jungle around us? This is the book for you. Larkin has a sensitive observation. What appears in his eyes are always dipped in his thought. Great booklet to start read Philip Larkin!
6/30 books read in 2015.Never have I been more glad that I went back to a booksale to pick up a book I had seen the day before! This is absolutely one of my favourites now. Eventhough it was published in 1974, High Windows feels like it could have been published during my life time. This little book has made me excited to try other poetry collections.
Before I developed my own politics I loved Larkin, for his way with words and ability to tug the heartstrings with maudlin reflections. He's got some great lines. But I can't read him now; he looks down on people too much, he's too conventional, too conservative, too narrowly, comfortably English. Of course, most of the time he isn't comfortable, he's reflecting on time and death, its spectre at the back of everything, but that's quite facile, he just drops it in, cleverly, at the right moment
This Be The Verse: They fuck you up, your mum and dad. They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had And add some extra, just for you.But they were fucked up in their turn By fools in old-style hats and coats, Who half the time were soppy-stern And half at one anothers throats.Man hands on misery to man. It deepens like a coastal shelf.Get out as early as you can, And dont have any kids yourself. Money: Quarterly, is it, money reproaches me: Why do you let me lie
I'm now in love with Philip Larkin's poems :D xxxx Hahahahaha!
Thematically, the poetry in High Windows is pretty bleak. I have a fairly strong image of Larkin, peering out of his library window, looking down and passers by, both figuratively and literally. He talks on death, the pains of being a child and also (his favourite subject) the drudgery of growing old. His frequent punctuations of these issues are so very English, coming as they do surrounded by descriptions of typically English country life - The Corn Exchange, the combine harvester, the
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