A beautiful animation of Philip Larkin’s The Trees；名詩 Poetry Of Departures By Philip Larkin 與兩本書中的"文類" (genre)：Film: A Very Short Introduction電影；In Conversation: Encounters with 39 Great Writers 與大師對話

 

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Philip Arthur Larkin CH CBE FRSL (9 August 1922 – 2 December 1985) was an English poet, novelist, and librarian. 

Philip Larkin CH CBE FRSL
Photograph by Fay Godwin (1970)

Sculpture of Larkin as a toad, displayed during the Larkin 25 Festival in 2010, Kingston upon Hull

 

Bronze statue of Larkin by sculptor Martin Jennings, at Hull Paragon Interchange

 

Blue plaque at Queen's University Belfast

A beautiful animation of Philip Larkin’s The Trees

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名詩 Poetry Of Departures By Philip Larkin 與兩本書中的"文類" (genre)：Film: A Very Short Introduction電影；In Conversation: Encounters with 39 Great Writers  與大師對話

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His first book of poetry, The North Ship, was published in 1945 and, though not particularly strong on its own, is notable insofar as certain passages foreshadow the unique sensibility and maturity that characterizes his later work. In 1946, Larkin discovered the poetry of Thomas Hardy and became a great admirer of his poetry, learning from Hardy how to make the commonplace and often dreary details of his life the basis for extremely tough, unsparing, and memorable poems. With his second volume of poetry, The Less Deceived (1955), Larkin became the preeminent poet of his generation, and a leading voice of what came to be called 'The Movement', a group of young English wri



Poetry Of Departures

Sometimes you hear, fifth-hand,
As epitaph:
He chucked up everything
And just cleared off,
And always the voice will sound
Certain you approve
This audacious, purifying,
Elemental move.

And they are right, I think.
We all hate home
And having to be there:
I detest my room,
It's specially-chosen junk,
The good books, the good bed,
And my life, in perfect order:
So to hear it said

He walked out on the whole crowd
Leaves me flushed and stirred,
Like Then she undid her dress
Or Take that you bastard;
Surely I can, if he did?
And that helps me to stay
Sober and industrious.
But I'd go today,

Yes, swagger the nut-strewn roads,
Crouch in the fo'c'sle
Stubbly with goodness, if
It weren't so artificial,
Such a deliberate step backwards
To create an object:
Books; china; a life
Reprehensibly perfect.

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genre

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noun

1. 1.

   a style or category of art, music, or literature.

   "the spy thriller is a very masculine genre"

   類義語:

   category

   class

   classification

   categorization

   group

   grouping

   bracket

   head

   heading

   list

   listing

   set

   type

   sort

   kind

   variety

   species

   breed

   style

   brand

   make

   model

   family

   school

   stamp

   cast

   ilk

   kidney

   division

   section

   department

   compartment
2. 2.

   denoting or relating to a style of painting depicting scenes from ordinary life, typically domestic situations, associated particularly with 17th-century Dutch and Flemish artists.

   "genre scenes"

這首的翻譯，參考 啟程之詩，菲利浦拉金詩選，桑克譯，pp.66~67
第一段，另可參考

Film: A Very Short Introduction - Oxford University Press
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Film is arguably the dominant art form of the twentieth century. In this Very Short Introduction, Michael Wood offers a wealth of insight into the nature of film, considering its role and impact on society as well as its future in the digital age.

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In Conversation: Encounters With 39 Great Writers Paperback – March 30, 2010

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In this impressive collection, a broad range of major writers openly discuss their craft, the creative process, and the writing life as a whole. From Noam Chomsky, Seamus Heaney, and Toni Morrison to Tobias Wolff, Russell Banks, and Janet Malcom, these interviews are personal, compelling, and engaging from beginning to end. Featuring detailed profiles of both fiction and nonfiction writers, this array of one-on-one discourse also includes Umberto Eco, James Wood, Carlos Fuentes, Catherine Millet, Haruki Murakami, and Katie Roiphe.