The Whitsun Weddings information

The Whitsun Weddings is a collection of 32 poems by Philip Larkin. It was first published by Faber in the United Kingdom on 28 February 1964. It was a...

Whitsun (also Whitsunday or Whit Sunday) is the name used in Britain, and other countries among Anglicans and Methodists, for the Christian holy day of...

collection of poems, The Less Deceived, followed by The Whitsun Weddings (1964) and High Windows (1974). He contributed to The Daily Telegraph as its...

October) The Whitsun Weddings (February 1964) High Windows (June 1974) Philip Larkin (1922–1985) also published other poems. They, along with the contents...

or Whitsun) is a Christian holiday which takes place on the 49th day (50th day when inclusive counting is used) after Easter Day. It commemorates the descent...

Hartley, Jean (1989). Philip Larkin, the Marvell Press, and Me. Manchester: Carcanet. "The Whitsun Weddings: First Editions & Rare Books by Philip Larkin...

1956, and subsequently included in his 1964 collection The Whitsun Weddings. It describes the poet's response to seeing a pair of recumbent medieval tomb...

first published in The Listener on 8 September 1955 and later included in Larkin's 1964 anthology The Whitsun Weddings. The speaker in the poem is renting...

English poet Philip Larkin. It was first published in the book The Whitsun Weddings in 1964. The poem, a single sentence spread over four stanzas, begins...

to Larkin than anybody might have thought". "Reference Back" from The Whitsun Weddings, is a poem written from his mother's viewpoint or his imagination...

1974 by Faber and Faber Limited. The paperback version was first published in Britain in 1979. The collection is the last publication of new poetry by...

their careers in the 1950s and 1960s include Philip Larkin (1922–1985) (The Whitsun Weddings, 1964), Ted Hughes (1930–1998) (The Hawk in the Rain, 1957),...

Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang (the latter posthumously). William Golding's novel The Spire. Philip Larkin's poetry collection The Whitsun Weddings. Ruth Rendell's first...

Polish literature List of Polish-language poets Larkin, Philip. The Whitsun Weddings. Translated by St. Baranczak. "Jacek Dehnel | Życie i twórczość |...

careers in the 1950s and 1960s, including Philip Larkin (1922–1885) (The Whitsun Weddings,1964) and Ted Hughes (1930–1998) (The Hawk in the Rain, 1957)...

makes a train journey from Hull to Grantham which inspires his poem The Whitsun Weddings. August 9 - Canadian National Railway opens its part of Walkley Yard...

Larkin's death. It bears an inscription drawn from the first line of Larkin's poem, 'The Whitsun Weddings'. In 2013, from 29 April to 5 May, Hull Fashion...

performed; Philip Larkin's The Whitsun Weddings; Harold Pinter's The Homecoming; Gore Vidal's Julian; Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree; Agatha Christie's...

political and philosophical tradition in the United Kingdom that emphasizes the preservation of established institutions, the rule of law, gradual societal change...

Librarian at the University of Hull on March 21, is inspired on a train from Hull to Grantham to write a poem, "The Whitsun Weddings". His collection The Less...

and landmarks which mark the heritage of the city will have a blue plaque nearby to the landmark or statues. Chairman of the Coventry Society, Keith Draper...

was the leet-ale (held on "leet", the manorial court day); the lamb-ale (held at lamb-shearing); the Whitsun-ale (held at Whitsun), the clerk-ale, the church-ale...

Husn-e-Ghazal (The Beauty of Ghazal) Philip Larkin – The Whitsun Weddings Oodgeroo Noonuccal – We are Going: Poems Ion Vinea – Ora fântânilor (The Hour of Fountains)...

1964), Philip Larkin's The Whitsun Weddings; Death of Brendan Behan, Dame Edith Sitwell DBE 1963 in poetry Bob Dylan's album The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan...

makes a train journey from Hull to Grantham which inspires his poem The Whitsun Weddings. 3 August Ministry of Housing and Local Government issues Circular...