Philip Larkin Context
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- Created on: 11-02-19 08:53
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- Philip Larking
- Childhood
- Born 9th August 1922
- Born in Coventry
- Family
- Older sister called Kitty
- Father was a self made man
- Father had an enthusiasm for Nazism
- Isolated childhood - friends ands family rarely visited
- Developed a stammer
- Education
- Home educated until 8 by his mother
- Attended Coventry's King Henry VIII Junior School
- Made close and long lasting friendships
- Progressed to King Henry VIII Senior School
- Attended Oxford University to study English
- Achieved a first class honours degree
- Working Life
- Appointed librarian in Shropshire in 1943
- Sub librarian at Belfast in 1950
- Librarian at University of Hull 1955 - death
- Often wrote poetry whilst at work
- Poetry
- Declined an OBE for his work
- Influenced by William Butler Yeats in the mid 40s
- Described as combining an "an ordinary, colloquial style" with a "quiet, reflective tone"
- Thomas Hardy contributed to the maturity of his poetry
- Plain and sceptical
- Initially concentrated on fiction
- Wrote about "ordinary people doing ordinary things"
- Persona
- Deep passion for jazz
- Known misogynist and racist
- Disliked fame
- No nonsense, solitary
- Gloomy, miserable perona
- Opposed to having children
- Childhood
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