Unnoticed in the Casual Light of Day
Phillip Larkin and the Plain Style
Fiction & Literature, Literary Theory & Criticism, Poetry History & Criticism, British
| Author: | Tijana Stojkovic | ISBN: | 9781135493554 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis | Publication: | October 23, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Routledge | Language: | English |
| Author: | Tijana Stojkovic |
| ISBN: | 9781135493554 |
| Publisher: | Taylor and Francis |
| Publication: | October 23, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Routledge |
| Language: | English |
Larkin's poems are often regarded as falling somewhere between the traditional 'plain' and the more contemporary 'postmodern' categories. This study undertakes a comprehensive linguistic and historical study of the plain style tradition in poetry, its relationship with so-called 'difficult' poetry, and its particular realization in the cultural and historical context of 20th-century Britain. The author examines the nature of poetry as a type of discourse, the elements of, and factors in, the development of literary styles, a close rhetorical examination of Larkin's poems within the described poetic frameworks, and his position in the British twentieth-century poetic canon.
Larkin's poems are often regarded as falling somewhere between the traditional 'plain' and the more contemporary 'postmodern' categories. This study undertakes a comprehensive linguistic and historical study of the plain style tradition in poetry, its relationship with so-called 'difficult' poetry, and its particular realization in the cultural and historical context of 20th-century Britain. The author examines the nature of poetry as a type of discourse, the elements of, and factors in, the development of literary styles, a close rhetorical examination of Larkin's poems within the described poetic frameworks, and his position in the British twentieth-century poetic canon.
