High Windows
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- This page is about the book of poems by Philip Larkin. For other uses see; High Windows (disambiguation)
| High Windows | |
 Book Cover |
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| Author | Philip Larkin |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | poetry |
| Publisher | Faber and Faber |
| ISBN | 0571202756 |
High Windows is a collection of poems by English poet Philip Larkin, and was published in 1974 by Faber and Faber Limited. The readily available paperback version was first published in Britain in 1979. It is currently on the AQA AS level English Literature syllabus.
[edit] The Poems
The volume contains 24 poems:
| Sequence | Poem title | Completion date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | To the Sea | Oct 1969 (best known date) |
| 2 | Sympathy in White Major | 31 Aug 1967 |
| 3 | The Trees | 02 Jun 1967 |
| 4 | Livings: I, II, III | 10 Dec 1971 |
| 5 | Forget What Did | 06 Aug 1971 |
| 6 | High Windows | 12 Feb 1967 |
| 7 | Friday Night in the Royal Station Hotel | 20 May 1966 |
| 8 | The Old Fools | 12 Jan 1973 |
| 9 | Going, Going | 25 Jan 1972 |
| 10 | The Card-Players | 06 May 1970 |
| 11 | The Building | 09 Feb 1972 |
| 12 | Posterity | 17 Jun 1968 |
| 13 | Dublinesque | 06 Jun 1970 |
| 14 | Homage to a Government | 10 Jan 1969 |
| 15 | This Be The Verse | Apr 1971 (best known date) |
| 16 | How Distant | 24 Nov 1965 |
| 17 | Sad Steps | 24 Apr 1968 |
| 18 | Solar | 04 Nov 1964 |
| 19 | Annus Mirabilis | 16 Jul 1967 |
| 20 | Vers de Société | 19 May 1971 |
| 21 | Show Saturday | 03 Dec 1973 |
| 22 | Money | 19 Feb 1973 |
| 23 | Cut Grass | 03 Jun 1971 |
| 24 | The Explosion | 05 Jan 1970 |
[edit] Blurb
The following is the blurb from the published book.
"When Philip Larkin's High Windows first appeared, Kingsley Amis spoke for a large and loyal readership when he wrote:
'Larkin's admirers need only be told that he is as good as ever here, if not slightly better.' Like Betjeman and Hardy, Larkin is a poet who can move a large audience — to laughter and to tears — without betraying the highest artistic standards."
