Philip Larkin: A Writer's Life
by:
Andrew Motion (author)
"Mr. Motion has generously enlarged our understanding of . . . this impressive writer's life. He is a clear, fluent writer; evocative, acute, sympathetic, but absolutely unblinking about the notorious weaknesses and cruelties (as well as the immense wit and hard work) of his subject."--Richard...
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"Mr. Motion has generously enlarged our understanding of . . . this impressive writer's life. He is a clear, fluent writer; evocative, acute, sympathetic, but absolutely unblinking about the notorious weaknesses and cruelties (as well as the immense wit and hard work) of his subject."--Richard Locke, The Wall Street Journal.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780374524074 (0374524076)
Publish date: August 1st 1994
Publisher: Noonday Press
Pages no: 574
Edition language: English
I don't think Motion went as far as he could in nailing his subject to the mast, but his friendship with Larkin might have held him back. In fact, he is rather defensive about the poet's racism and doesn't address the contradiction between his attitude towards non-white people and his taste in music...
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