Philip Larkin, Popular Culture, and the English Individual (Paperback)

Despite the denigrating revelations of his published letters, Philip Larkin looms larger than ever, both as an English national icon and as a championed voice of postwar English poetry. Philip Larkin, Popular Culture, and the English Individual seeks to move beyond the decades-long preoccupation with Larkin's reputation and canonical status, approaching Larkin instead as part of a persevering cultural phenomenon through which the traditionally distinguished individual is reconstituted in the company of the ordinary and the interchangeable. It tracks how Larkin's poetic texts negotiate and engage with representations of popular culture at a time when notions of celebrity, authenticity, and cultural authority were newly (and deeply) unsettled by rock and roll, and when cultural capital had become a coveted substitute for diminished imperial wealth. From his unprecedented f-bombs to his cultivation of a familiar, comedic personality, this book examines how Larkin realigns common social practices and popular art forms-be it attending a church service, watching television, or enjoying a concert-to the isolated, knowing gaze of the individual.

General

Imprint:	Lexington Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	July 2021
Authors:	J. Ryan Hibbett
Dimensions:	220 x 153 x 14mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	194
ISBN-13:	978-1-4985-4304-0
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900 Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General Books > Language & Literature > Literature: texts > Poetry texts & anthologies > General
LSN:	1-4985-4304-9
Barcode:	9781498543040

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