The North Ship

Author: Larkin, Philip

Brand: Penguin Random House

Edition: Main

Binding: paperback

Number Of Pages: 56

Release Date: 31-03-2015

Details: Product 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 thingI have understood:Time is the echo of an axeWithin a wood.
Book Description
Re-packaged in the much-loved Faber typographic look.
From the Back Cover
The North Ship, a book of poems, Philip Larkin's earliest volume of verse, was first published in August 1945. The introduction, by Larkin himself, explains the circumstances of its publication and the influences which shaped its contents.
About the Author
Philip Larkin was born in Coventry in 1922 and educated at King Henry VIII School, Coventry, and St John's College, Oxford. As well as his volumes of poems, which include
The Less Deceived,
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 Diary 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.

EAN: 9780571260133

Package Dimensions: 7.7 x 5.2 x 0.1 inches

Languages: English