Critic Quotes- Larkin Flashcards
1
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Christopher Ricks
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“Like something almost being said- it is a study of self pity l.”
2
Q
Bryan Appleyard
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“He is an advocate of misanthropy and pessimism.”
3
Q
Roland Barthes’
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suggests that the author is forever inaccessible and that any attempt to interrogate the author through the text is only a version of the pathetic fallacy. “Confessional poetry”