New Larkins for Old

JAMES BOOTH has taught at the University of Hull, where he is currently Reader in English, since 1968. His publications include Writers and Politics in Nigeria, Philip Larkin Writer and Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles 48: Northern Museums. He is currently editing Larkin's unpublished fiction.

• Acknowledgements Notes on Contributors Preface Introduction; J.Booth Larkin's Money; B.Everett Larkin, Decadence and the Lyric Poem; E.Longley The Two Philip Larkins; J.Carey Patricia Avis and Philip Larkin; G.Gilpin Unreal Girls: Lesbian Fantasy in Early Larkin; M.W.Rowe New Worlds for Old; Mythology and Exile in the Novels of Philip Larkin; L.Hedgecock Philip Larkin and Lady Chatterley's Lover : Exploring an Influence; T.Whalen In the Grip of Light : Philip Larkin's Poetry of the 1940s; S.Regan The Uses of Symbolism: Larkin and Eliot; R.Ingelbien Postmodernism and Postcolonialism in the Poetry of Philip Larkin; J.Osborne 'The Lost Displays': Larkin and Empire; S.Clark Larkin and the Mundane: Mystic without Mystery; I.Almond From Here to Bogland: Larkin, Heaney and the Poetry of Place; J.Booth Native Carnival: Philip Larkin's Puppet-theatre of Ritual; V.P.Pelizzon Larkin from an East-European Perspective; I.Rácz Bibliography Index

'A brilliant gathering of contrasting views, this book sends one back to Larkin's work armed with a whole new range of perceptions. There's plenty to argue with, but nothing one can quite ignore.' - Anthony Thwaite 'These 'new Larkins' are fresh, vigorous, challenging reconstructions of a reputation which has prompted fierce debate since the poet's death. New Larkins for Old is an important book, confirming Larkin's status not simply as a much-loved English poet, but as a major writer of the twentieth century.' - Andrew Swarbrick, Author of Out of Reach: The Poetry of Philip Larkin