Radical Larkin: Seven Types of Technical Mastery

The Recent Deaths Of Philip Larkin's Friends Kingsley Amis, Monica Jones, Maeve Brennan, Jean Hartley, Judy Egerton And Ruth Bowman Underline The Stark Reality That The Future Of His Reputation Is Passing Irrevocably Out Of The Hands Of Those Who Knew Him And Into The Hands Of Those Who Do Not. The First Critical Monograph To Benefit From The Textual Rigour Of Archie Burnett's Landmark Edition Of The Complete Poems (2012), Radical Larkin Is Consciously Addressed To A Twenty-first Century Audience Which Reads His Works Direct, Unmediated By Biographical Acquaintance. The Volume Consists Of Seve. Introduction: A Textuality That Dare Not Speak Its Name -- Radical Ellipsis: A Girl In Winter -- Radical Ekphrasis: 'an Arundel Tomb,' 'the Card-players,' 'lines On A Young Lady's Photograph Album' -- Radical Deterritoriation: 'at Grass', 'march Past', 'church Going' -- Radical De-essentialism: 'the Whitsun Weddings', -- Radical Laughter: 'this Be The Verse' -- Radical Plot Deflation: 'vers De Societe' -- Radical Citation: 'aubade' John Osborne, Director Of American Studies, University Of Hull, Uk. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.