… I’m new to Larkin’s gloom. I’m sixty very soon. This is precisely what I need to hear … o dear, o dear, o dear. And, less seriously, these are wonderful performances that really do illuminate his writing … thank you so much … 🙏
Larkin pulls you in . I find his work is not troublesome to understand as he speaks to everyone on a level plain. He may be gloomy but at least he is honest, and his work will last forever
Oh dear...Mary Beard's academic delivery drains interest from this intro piece for me, overpronouncing and mispronouncing (French) in places and somehow her voice conveys a detachment about him. The other readings are better. Why ask Mary Beard, weren't there any suitable literary academics available with deeper knowledge of Larkin?
I love the way it ends with Larkin's last line, and then they shuffle off stage, like all of us must
… I’m new to Larkin’s gloom. I’m sixty very soon. This is precisely what I need to hear … o dear, o dear, o dear. And, less seriously, these are wonderful performances that really do illuminate his writing … thank you so much … 🙏
Larkin pulls you in . I find his work is not troublesome to understand as he speaks to everyone on a level plain. He may be gloomy but at least he is honest, and his work will last forever
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He f***s you up, Larkin.
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@@jonharrison9222 I was referencing his famous “This Be the Verse” poem.
Oh dear...Mary Beard's academic delivery drains interest from this intro piece for me, overpronouncing and mispronouncing (French) in places and somehow her voice conveys a detachment about him. The other readings are better. Why ask Mary Beard, weren't there any suitable literary academics available with deeper knowledge of Larkin?