Download or read book Philip Larkin and His Audiences written by G. Steinberg and published by Springer. This book was released on 2010-01-13 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philip Larkin, one of England's greatest and most popular twentieth-century poets, is nonetheless widely regarded as a misanthropic, provincial recluse. This volume re-examines that critical view and argues that Larkin's poetry, far from demonstrating his misanthropy, highlights his profound awareness of and concern for readers.