Lexington Books
Pages: 194
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Trim: 6¼ x 9
978-1-4985-4302-6 • Hardback • February 2019 • $111.00 • (£85.00)
978-1-4985-4304-0 • Paperback • July 2021 • $44.99 • (£35.00)
978-1-4985-4303-3 • eBook • February 2019 • $42.50 • (£35.00)
J. Ryan Hibbett is assistant professor of English at Northern Illinois University.
Chapter 1: Negotiating the Popular
Chapter 2: The Hughes/Larkin Phenomenon
Chapter 3: Poetry Says “Fuck”: Swearing as Social Capital
Chapter 4: Larkitecture: Space, Structure, and Stuff in Post-imperial England
Chapter 5: Larkin and the English Bachelor
Afterword: More Bachelors, Artists, and Church-Goers
References
Index
About the Author
In Philip Larkin, Popular Culture and the English Individual, J. Ryan Hibbett carefully juxtaposes the poetry with various biographical narratives of Philip Larkin, contextualised as a writer and cultural figure within twentieth century England, with a legacy extending into the contemporary period. Overall, provides us with a detailed and interesting tour through concepts and contexts of modern England. The book brings together some existing strands of the Larkin narrative and Hibbett’s fresh and insightful analysis, as well as numerous original and engaging analyses of the poetry, the poet and his public and private personae.
— About Larkin
This book should appeal to a wide range of readers. Written in a clear, often clever, and always accessible style, it will obviously be of great interest both to academic and non-academic readers of Larkin, who is indeed, as the author claims, that rare poet who manages to be both popular with 'regular readers' and respected by 'intellectuals.' But the book should also interest readers pursuing larger game than Larkin alone, including those intrigued by issues of canonization, those fascinated by debates in literary theory, and those concerned with the whole matter of the divide—and the intersections—between 'high' and 'popular' culture and the impact of broader cultural forces on both. — Robert C. Evans, Auburn University at Montgomery