Afternoons Flashcards
1
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What year
A
1959
2
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What was larkins lifestyle
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Larkin was a post-war poet who shied away from publicity and wrote of everyday experiences and domesticity in an ordinary language.
3
Q
What did he think of post war Britain
A
Post-war British austerity gave way to a new affluent, economic expansion, and the baby boom, although many working-class people saw much less of the prosperity.
4
Q
What did he do for work
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Larkin: “One longs for infinity and absence, the beauty of somewhere you’re not”
Librarian in Hull - observational. Part of the group of poets called The Movement.
