First Boredom, Then Fear: The Life Of Philip Larkin
United Kingdom: Peter Owen Ltd, 2005. First Edition. Hardcover. Peter Owen LTD UK 2005 First Edition - First Boredom Then Fear The Life of Philip Larkin by Richard Bradford - Very good jacket on very good boards, unclipped, clean and complete with mild shelf wear and toning to the edges. Clean internally, square and firmly bound.
When Philip Larkin's "letters" were published in 1992, the poet's enemies seized on the new disclosures with a frenzy unseen since the McCarthy era. What had previously been regarded only as potential inclination hinted at in his poems?misogyny and xenophobia in particular?were now indisputable facts, and since then Larkin's reputation as a poet has been tarnished by his image as a human being. Richard Bradford's acclaimed biography, now in paperback for the first time, reveals that Larkin treated his prejudices and peculiarities with detached circumspection. Sometimes he shared them, self-mockingly, self-destructively, with his closest friends. He divided up his life so that some people knew him well but none completely, and it was only in his poems that the parts began to resemble the whole. Very Good / Very Good. Item #654
ISBN: 0720611474
Price: $10.00