The complete poems of the most admired British poet of his generation

This entirely new edition brings together all of Philip Larkin’s poems. In addition to those that appear in…

The story of Philip Larkin’s long-term partner Monica Jones based on her never-before-seen letters to the poet.

Since his death in 1985, Philip Larkin’s reputation as a writer has undergone a profound and dramatic transformation. The essays in this volume offer a lively, provocative response to such…

Critics have tended to label Larkin’s poetry as sexist, racist and reactionary. This work demonstrates that Larkin’s artistic impulse throughout his career was to challenge orthodox models of social and…

James Booth reads Philip Larkin’s mature poetry in terms of his ambiguous self-image as lonely, anti-social outsider, plighted to his art, and as nine-to-five librarian, sharing the common plight of…

A Study Guide for Philip Larkin’s Toads, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions…

Whether exploring Larkin’s fondness for deictics (‘pointing’ words, like here/there), his fascination with death, or his interest in the sexual opportunities of an itinerant lifestyle, this monograph provides fresh critical…

This book explores Larkin’s engagement with popular culture both as a threat to poetic authority and as a necessary form of cultural capital. It reveals the processes by which the…