The Whitsun Weddings

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The Whitsun Weddings is a celebrated poetry collection by Philip Larkin that captures postwar English life through observant, often melancholic reflections on ordinary experiences and relationships.

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The Whitsun Weddings (poem) 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
poetry collection
author Philip Larkin
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
criticalReception highly acclaimed
firstEditionPublicationYear 1964
follows The Less Deceived
genre poetry
hasISBN 0571097107
hasPoem A Study of Reading Habits
Afternoons
Ambulances
An Arundel Tomb
Broadcast
Days
Dockery and Son
Here
Love Songs in Age
MCMXIV
Mr Bleaney
Nothing to be Said
Reference Back
Self's the Man
Take One Home for the Kiddies
Talking in Bed
The Whitsun Weddings (poem)
includedIn Philip Larkin's major works
language English
literaryMovement postwar British poetry
mediaType print
notableFor depiction of postwar English life
detailed social observation
exploration of ordinary experiences
period post–Second World War
precedes High Windows
publicationYear 1964
publisher Faber and Faber
setting postwar England
linked to: post-war Britain
theme class and society
marriage
memory
ordinary life
social change
time and transience
titlePoem The Whitsun Weddings (poem)
tone ironic
melancholic
observant

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Philip Larkin notableWork The Whitsun Weddings
The Whitsun Weddings hasPoem The Whitsun Weddings (poem)
linked to: The Whitsun Weddings
The Whitsun Weddings titlePoem The Whitsun Weddings (poem)
linked to: The Whitsun Weddings
High Windows follows The Whitsun Weddings