Description
Exploring the complex relationship between aesthetic experience and personal identity in Larkin's work, this book gives close and original readings of three major poems ('Here', 'Livings' and 'Aubade'), and two neglected but important themes (Larkin and the supernatural, Larkin and Flaubert).
Table of Contents
Preface Acknowledgements Note on References Introduction 'Here': Avoiding the Subject Larkin/Flaubert 'Livings': Aesthetic Intimations Larkin and the Creepy 'Aubade': Death and the Thought of Death Bibliography Index
