larkin critcs Flashcards
what did larkin say about old age?
“Old age with its distorting mirror memories follows youth with its raw pleasures”
what does homberger say about larkin?
“The saddest heart in the post-war supermarket”
what does bell argue?
larkin wrote poems filled with’‘meloncholy truth to things’’
what does bernes argue?
“Larkins work is like a squeezed flannel of disappointment”
what does motion argue?
'’unillusioned accuracy’’
what does larkin say he is terrified of?
“I’m terrified of the thought of time passing”
what does cox argue?
“He had a great love for his counrty and its culture”
what does andrew swerbrick-
'’larkin’s interest in images is drawn from advertising because they reprsent societies collective desires and aspirations’’
what does leo cox argue-
'’birth, death, funerals, love, community and marriage are all degraded at larkin’s hands’’
what does appleyard argue-
'’he is an advocate of misanthropy and pessimism’’
