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The Less Deceived
First edition
Author
Philip Larkin
Language
English
Genre
Poetry
Publisher
The Marvell Press
Publication place
United Kingdom
Published in English
1955
Preceded by
The North Ship
Followed by
The Whitsun Weddings
The Less Deceived, first published in 1955,[1] was Philip Larkin's first mature collection of poetry, having been preceded by the derivative North Ship (1945) from The Fortune Press and a privately printed collection, a small pamphlet titled XX Poems, which Larkin mailed to literary critics and authors. Larkin was unaware that postal rates had gone up, and most recipients, when asked to pay the difference for delivery of a pamphlet by a little-known writer, turned them away; only around 100 copies were printed.
Despite this setback, 13 of the 20 poems, together with 16 new poems,[2][3] were finally published to much acclaim in 1955 as The Less Deceived, which was selected as a book of the year by the Times Literary Supplement and immediately went through several impressions. Put out by The Marvell Press, a small operation run by George Hartley and his wife Jean Hartley in Hessle, East Yorkshire,[4] the book through the depth of its appeal, the formal skill of its verse, and its consistent striking of Larkin's distinctive tone gained wide readership. By the end of 1955 The Less Deceived was recognized as one of the outstanding collections of the year.[5]
^Larkin, Philip (22 December 1966). "The Less Deceived: Poems". Marvell Press. Retrieved 22 December 2017 – via Google Books.
^Poet in Transition: Philip Larkin's "XX Poems"
Roger Bowen, The Iowa Review
^Burnett, Archie (2012). The Complete Poems. New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux. p. 354. ISBN 978-374-0-12696-4.
^Hartley, Jean (1989). Philip Larkin, the Marvell Press, and Me. Manchester: Carcanet.
^"The Whitsun Weddings: First Editions & Rare Books by Philip Larkin. Peter Harrington Rare & First Edition Books". Peterharrington.co.uk. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
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