"Unnoticed in the Casual Light of Day": Philip Larkin and the Plain Style Contributor(s): Stojkovic, Tijana (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138833304 ISBN-13: 9781138833302 Publisher: Routledge
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: October 2014 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh - Literary Criticism | Poetry |
Dewey: 821.914 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 6" W x 8.9" L (0.80 lbs) 208 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
Features: Bibliography |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Larkin's poems are often regarded as falling somewhere between the traditional 'plain' and the more contemporary 'postmodern' categories. This study undertakes a comprehensive linguistic and historical study of the plain style tradition in poetry, its relationship with so-called 'difficult' poetry, and its particular realization in the cultural and historical context of 20th-century Britain. The author examines the nature of poetry as a type of discourse, the elements of, and factors in, the development of literary styles, a close rhetorical examination of Larkin's poems within the described poetic frameworks, and his position in the British twentieth-century poetic canon. |
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