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The Ironic Detachment In Philip larkins Poetry

Faydh, Nadia University of Mustansiriya - College of Arts - English Department, Iraq

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In spite of the numerous studies written on PhilipLarkin s poetry it still invites comments and furtherexploration because of its richness and appeal to theprofessional as well as common reader. Philip Larkinestablished himself as a distinguished poet worthy of readingand study in a time that poetry lost its connection withimmediate reality after the 1940s. He managed to restore topoetry its popularity among the ordinary readers he becametheir poet who lives next door the voice that expressed theirdaily-life ventures and disappointments.In his rejection to the modernist poetry of Eliot heproduced poetry easily flowing with images from daily liferoutines, free of the mythological burdens and historicaljuxtaposition. However what sounds simple and direct is infact rich with multi-layers of meaning as the poet conveys histhemes with a tone of irony which meant hide the pathos ofsympathy and failure. Thus his seeming detachment appearsin fact to be only a curtain which covers the lyrical persona sinvolvement with the experience.The poems selected for the study are mostly publishedafter 1945 when Larkin abandoned his romantic attitudestoward more empirical ones.

Ironic Detachment , Philip larkins Poetry

2011

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