Selected letters of Philip Larkin, 1940-1985 /

There are over 700 letters in this impressive collection, to more than fifty recipients, dating from Larkin's late teens until close to his death at the age of sixty-three. He never stopped writing letters, whatever other writing droughts he suffered. Early letters to school friends including t...

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Main Author: Larkin, Philip
Other Authors: Thwaite, Anthony
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Farrar, Straus, Giroux, [1993]
Edition:First American edition.
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Summary:There are over 700 letters in this impressive collection, to more than fifty recipients, dating from Larkin's late teens until close to his death at the age of sixty-three. He never stopped writing letters, whatever other writing droughts he suffered. Early letters to school friends including the writer Kingsley Amis form a portrait of the young artist, full of jazz, literature and obscenities; later correspondents include Barbara Pym, Robert Conquest, and his editors Faber and Faber, especially Charles Montieth.
Item Description:The Cushing Library Lit/Mitchell copy is a donation from J. Lawrence Mitchell.
Includes index.
Facsims. on lining papers.
Physical Description:xxxvi, 791 pages : illustrations, [16] pages of plates ; 24 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:0374258295
9780374258290
0571151973
9780571151974