Publication Date: 1997-Revised and reprinted 2002
Binding: Paperback
No. of Pages: 65

Warren Hope’s incisive yet sympathetic study of Larkin has been well received by critics. Larkin’s consistent quality as a poet is shown clearly, as are his limitations of cultural conservatism and his equivocal commitment to love. This study explores Larkin’s major collections of poetry, as well as his main prose writings, and a balanced judgement is made of his achievement.

Hope is a poet and a critic. He is the author of the Student Guide to Seamus Heaney and a biography of the British poet Norman Cameron.