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The Whitsun Weddings

Philip Larkin author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Faber & Faber

Published:8th May '01

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The Whitsun Weddings by Philip Larkin is one of the great poetry collections of the last century, from a writer absolutely peerless in capturing and evoking his native England and its people.

Philip Larkin (1922-1985) remains England's best-loved poet - a writer matchlessly capable of evoking his native land and of touching all readers from the most sophisticated intellectual to the proverbial common reader.

Philip Larkin (1922-1985) remains England's best-loved poet - a writer matchlessly capable of evoking his native land and of touching all readers from the most sophisticated intellectual to the proverbial common reader. The late John Betjeman observed that 'this tenderly observant poet writes clearly, rhythmically, and thoughtfully about what all of us can understand'. Behind this modest description lies a poet who made greatness look, in Milton's prescription, 'simple, sensuous and passionate'.

This collection, first published in 1967, contains many of his best-loved poems, including The Whitsun Weddings, An Arundel Tomb, Days, Mr Bleaney and MCMXIV.

ISBN: 9780571097104

Dimensions: 195mm x 130mm x 4mm

Weight: 90g

64 pages

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