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Title |
Title of document |
'An Enormous Yes' - Philip Larkin |
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Creator |
Author's name, affiliation, country |
Ian Smith; Writer, Broadcaster and Musician; |
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Subject |
Discipline(s) |
Popular Music; Biography |
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Keyword(s) |
Philip Larkin; 20th century poetry; English Literature; popular music and popular culture; jazz; cultural studies; colonial and post-colonial culture and politics; gender politics and sexuality; queer politics; 20th century British history; the welfare s |
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Subject |
Subject classification |
Popular Music; Music Biography; Literary Biography |
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Description |
Abstract |
The poem “For Sidney Bechet” merits a chapter of its own. Its account of the possible meanings and resonances of jazz is more than a commentary on Bechet; it is declaration of what the voice of love should be, and of what the best of art can achieve. The poem is not only a corrective to those who see Larkin only as a negative poet; the supposed laureate of romantic disappointment and “books are a load of crap”. It is also an affirmation of Larkin’s belief in jazz and of a wider belief in what culture should do. The scope of the poem’s ambition is indicated by the fact that it is written in Terza Rima. No poet writing in the 20thC would submit to the complex Dantescan verse form without a conscious aspiration to literary and even theological seriousness. |
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Publisher |
Organizing agency, location |
Equinox Publishing Ltd |
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Date |
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01-Mar-2026 |
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Type |
Status & genre |
Peer-reviewed Article |
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Format |
File format |
PDF |
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Identifier |
Uniform Resource Identifier |
https://journals.equinoxpub.com/index.php/books/article/view/36502 |
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Identifier |
Digital Object Identifier |
10.1558/equinox.36502 |
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Source |
Journal/conference title; vol., no. (year) |
Equinox eBooks Publishing; Philip Larkin |
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Language |
English=en |
en |
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Coverage |
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Rights |
Copyright and permissions |
Copyright 2014 Equinox Publishing Ltd |