Beschreibung:
This volume combines a theoretical critique of the biographical method that dominates Larkin studies with a revolutionary interpretation of his works that better accounts for their profound influence upon leading Postmodernists like Ian McEwan, David Mitchell, Carol Ann Duffy, Damien Hirst - and the creators of Jerry Springer - the Opera .
Acknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction: Radical Larkin and the Late Millennial Bowdler Larkin and Modernism: Jazz Larkin and Modernism: Poetry Larkin and Philosophy: Existentialism Larking and Philosophy: Poststructuralism Larkin and Englishness Larkin and Gender Larkin and Politics Larkin and Identity Larkin and Postmodernism Notes Bibliography Index