PHILIP LARKIN: MODERNIST? ANTI-MODERNIST? POSTMODERNIST?
PHILIP LARKIN: MODERNIST? ANTI-MODERNIST? POSTMODERNIST?
Author(s): István D. RáczSubject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Universităţii de Vest din Timişoara / Diacritic Timisoara
Keywords: experience; language; modernism; postmodernism; simile
Summary/Abstract: Ever since his death in 1985, Philip Larkin’s lifework has been in the focus of fierce debates. He has been characterized as an anti-modernist (and anti-intellectual) poet, but his texts are also often read in the framework of postmodernism. In my paper I will make an attempt to raise some issues that may clarify Larkin’s place in the history of 20th-century poetry.
Journal: B.A.S. British and American Studies
- Issue Year: 2009
- Issue No: 15
- Page Range: 31-40
- Page Count: 10
- Language: English
