High Windows by Philip Larkin

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Summary

Larkin's final collection of poems shows, as does all his best work, his ability to adapt contemporary speech rhythms and everyday vocabulary to subtle metrical patterns and poetic forms.

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High Windows by Philip Larkin

Re-packaged in the much-loved Faber typographic look.
Philip Larkin was born in Coventry in 1922 and was educated at King Henry VIII School, Coventry, and St John's College, Oxford. As well as his volumes of poems, which include The Whitsun Weddings and High Windows, he wrote two novels, Jill and A Girl in Winter, and two books of collected journalism: All What Jazz: A Record Library, and Required Writing: Miscellaneous Prose. He worked as a librarian at the University of Hull from 1955 until his death in 1985. He was the best-loved poet of his generation, and the recipient of innumerable honours, including the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry, and the WHSmith Award.
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ISBN 13 9780571260140
ISBN 10 0571260144
Title High Windows
Author Philip Larkin
Series Faber Poetry Ser
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Faber & Faber
Year published 2015-04-02
Number of pages 48
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