About the lecture

In this module, we introduce Philip Larkin and his poetry, the state of Britain in the early 1960s, and his 1964 collection of poetry, 'The Whitsun Weddings'.

About the lecturer

John McRae is Special Professor of Language in Literature Studies and Teaching Associate in the School of English at Nottingham University, and holds Visiting Professorships in China, Malaysia, Spain and the USA. He is co-author of The Routledge History of Literature in English with Ron Carter, and also wrote The Language of Poetry, Literature with a Small 'l' and the first critical edition of Teleny by Oscar Wilde and others.