The Less Deceived

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The Less Deceived is a 1955 poetry collection by Philip Larkin that established his reputation for bleakly realistic, formally controlled verse about postwar English life.

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instanceOf book
poetry collection
author Philip Larkin NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
genre poetry
hasInfluenceOn reputation of Philip Larkin as a leading Movement poet
hasPoem Age NERFINISHED
At Grass NERFINISHED
Born Yesterday NERFINISHED
Church Going NERFINISHED
Coming NERFINISHED
Deceptions
Dry-Point NERFINISHED
Going NERFINISHED
I Remember, I Remember NERFINISHED
I See a Girl Dragged by the Wrists NERFINISHED
If, My Darling NERFINISHED
Lines on a Young Lady’s Photograph Album NERFINISHED
Next, Please NERFINISHED
No Road NERFINISHED
Places, Loved Ones NERFINISHED
Poetry of Departures NERFINISHED
Reasons for Attendance NERFINISHED
Toads NERFINISHED
Toads Revisited NERFINISHED
Triple Time NERFINISHED
Wants
Wedding-Wind NERFINISHED
Whatever Happened? (In memoriam W. R.) NERFINISHED
Wires NERFINISHED
language English
literaryPeriod postwar British poetry
notableFor bleak realism
depiction of postwar English life
formally controlled verse
numberOfPoems 29
publicationYear 1955
publisher The Marvell Press NERFINISHED
setting postwar England
significance established Philip Larkin’s reputation as a major poet
style colloquial diction
regular stanza forms
strict metrical control
theme disillusionment
ordinary life
religion and doubt
time and mortality

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Philip Larkin notableWork The Less Deceived