Elements of Modernity in the Poetry’s Of Philip Larkin- A Critical Study

Abstract

The paper aims at studying elements of modernity in the poetry’s of Philip Larkin. Larkin grew to manhood in the era of Modernity. His poetic job also, which begins under modernist control, matures towards postmodern directions. Thus, Larkin’s poetry, belonging mainly to the period of shift from Modernism to Postmodernism, reflects, from time to time, modern as well as postmodern tendencies. Philip Arthur Larkin was an poet and novelist.