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Published in a strictly limited edition of 150 copies, this 15,000-word essay is the first extended analysis of Philip Larkin’s poetic debts to cinema. Attention is paid to movie genres, cinematic techniques (flashbacks, panning actions, long shots, close-ups, dissolves) and, above all, to film’s classic four-act structure.
These features are placed in the context of Larkin’s wider love of the visual arts. New interpretations are offered of the poems ‘A Study of Reading Habits’, ‘Lines on a Young Lady’s Photograph Album’ and ‘The Whitsun Weddings’. And the theme of spectation emerges as a neglected master motif of his oeuvre.
Sixty pages in length, with ten illustrations (including one of Larkin’s cartoons and four of his photographs), this beautifully produced little volume is intended to enhance awareness of the poet’s love for the movies in particular and popular culture in general.
Published in a strictly limited edition of 150 copies, this 15,000-word essay is the first extended analysis of Philip Larkin’s poetic debts to cinema. Attention is paid to movie genres, cinematic techniques (flashbacks, panning actions, long shots, close-ups, dissolves) and, above all, to film’s classic four-act structure.
These features are placed in the context of Larkin’s wider love of the visual arts. New interpretations are offered of the poems ‘A Study of Reading Habits’, ‘Lines on a Young Lady’s Photograph Album’ and ‘The Whitsun Weddings’. And the theme of spectation emerges as a neglected master motif of his oeuvre.
Sixty pages in length, with ten illustrations (including one of Larkin’s cartoons and four of his photographs), this beautifully produced little volume is intended to enhance awareness of the poet’s love for the movies in particular and popular culture in general.