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1
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Where was Larkin born?

A

Coventry

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What was the names of Larkins parents?

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Sidney + Eva

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What sort of marriage did Larkins parents have?

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Troubled + toxic

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What did Larkins father do?

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Admired Hitler

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Which poems show Larkin’s views of relationships?

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Selfs the man
Talking in bed
Dockery + son

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6
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What music did Larkin love? Why is this ironic?

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Jazz music
Ironic bc he was a racist

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Where did Larkin initially get a job as a librarian?

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Queens Belfast

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What job did Larkin do in Queens Belfast?

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Librarian

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What did Larkin do at Hull uni?

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Became a librarian

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10
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Who did Larkin meet at Hull? Which poem was written about this person?

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Maeve Brennan
The Broadcast

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Who was Larkin dating whilst he started a relationship w Maeve Brennan?

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Monca Jones

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What did Larkin love? Where is this shown?

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Loved animals
‘Take one home for the kiddies’

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What group was Larkin a part of?

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The movement

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What did the Movement do?

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Rejected the elitist nature of modern writing - celebrated quotidian (everyday) life

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What was kitchen sink poetry?

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Every day poetry

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16
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Which school did Larkin go to?

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King Henry School

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Where did Larkin go to university? What did he study?

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Oxford uni
English

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18
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Where did Larkin get a job first? Who did he meet on this job?

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A librarian in Wellington
Ruth Bowmen

19
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Who was Larkin engaged to at one point? What happened?

A

Ruth Bowmen
They broke up

20
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Which poem mentions Ruth Bowmen?

A

Wild oats

21
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Who was mentioned in Wild oats?

A

Ruth Bowmen

22
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Who was Larkin influenced by? (1)

A

Thomas Hardy

23
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What outlook did Tom Hardy have on life?

A

Bleak + tragic outlook on life

24
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Who influenced Larkin? (2)

A

W.B. Yeats

25
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What was Larkin’s view on life?

A

Nihilism

26
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What did Larkin say about love + statues? What poem is this about?

A

“Love isn’t stronger than death just because statues hold hands for 600 years”
Arundale Tombs

27
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What does Golding say about Larkin’s poetry?

A

His poetry simply reflected his own life

28
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Who said Larkin’s poetry reflected his life?

A

Golding

29
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What did Larkin call his mother?

A

A rambling fool

30
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How did Larkin refer to married life?

A

Bloody hell

31
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What did Golding say about the Whitsun Weddings?

A

The Whitsun Weddings dwells on the futility of existence

32
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Who says the Whitsun Weddings dwells on the futility of existence?

A

Golding

33
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What does Cox say about Larkin?

A

Larkin feels cheated by existence

34
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Who says Larkin feels cheated by existence?

A

Cox

35
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What does Navemore say about Larkin?

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Larkin rarely presents himself as anything but the onlooker

36
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Who says Larkin rarely presents himself as anything but the onlooker?

A

Navemore

37
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Who calls Larkin a hopeless + inflexible pessimist?

A

Appleyard

38
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What is nihilism?

A

The believe that existence + life is futile + pointless

39
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Which book was the first to mention nihilism?

A

‘Fathers and Sons’ by Turgenev

40
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What political background did Larkin come from? For how long?

A

Conservative up until the 1960s

41
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What would Larkin long for?

A

The days when the poor workers would follow him home and ask for money in exchange for unloading his luggage

42
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What did the Black Power Movement do to Larkin? Why was this?

A

Destroyed his love for jazz
He wanted the time when black people entertained white people for free

43
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Which Prime Minister did Larkin love?

A

Margaret Thatcher

44
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What does Appleyard call Larkin?

A

Larkin is a hopeless + inflexible pessimist

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