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The North Ship
Paperback / softback
Main Details
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The North Ship
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Authors and Contributors |
By (author) Philip Larkin
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Physical Properties |
Format:Paperback / softback | Pages:56 | Dimensions(mm): Height 200,Width 131 |
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Category/Genre | Poetry by individual poets |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780571260133
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Classifications | Dewey:821.914 |
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Edition |
Main
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Faber & Faber
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Imprint |
Faber & Faber
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Publication Date |
2 April 2015 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
The North Ship, Philip Larkin's earliest volume of verse, was first published in August 1945 and reissued in 1966 by Faber. The introduction, by Larkin himself, explains the circumstances of its publication and the influences which shaped its content. This is the first thing I have understood: Time is the echo of an axe Within a wood.
Author Biography
Philip Larkin was born in Coventry in 1922 and was educated at King Henry VIII School, Coventry, and St John's College, Oxford. As well as his volumes of poems, which include The Whitsun Weddings and High Windows, he wrote two novels, Jill and A Girl in Winter, and two books of collected journalism: All What Jazz: A Record Library, and Required Writing: Miscellaneous Prose. He worked as a librarian at the University of Hull from 1955 until his death in 1985. He was the best-loved poet of his generation, and the recipient of innumerable honours, including the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry, and the WHSmith Award.
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