''High Windows'' is a collection of poems by English poet
Philip Larkin
Philip Arthur Larkin (9 August 1922 – 2 December 1985) was an English poet, novelist, and librarian. His first book of poetry, '' The North Ship'', was published in 1945, followed by two novels, '' Jill'' (1946) and '' A Girl in Winter'' (194 ...
, and was published in 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 Larkin before his death in 1985, and it contains some of his most famous poems, including the title piece, " High Windows", "Dublinesque", and " This Be The Verse".Cooper, Stephen.''Philip Larkin: Subversive Writer''. Sussex Academic Press (2004)p.170 The collection contains themes presented in his earlier collections, though the tone of the poems caused critics to suggest the book is darker and more "socially engaged" than his earlier volumes.Swarbrick, Andrew. ''Out of Reach: The Poetry of Philip Larkin'' London Macmillan (1995)pp.122-123Regan, Stephen. ''Philip Larkin''. Palgrave Macmillan (1997) p.124
It is currently on the AQA AS/A2 level English Literature syllabus.
Poems
The volume contains 24 poems:
Critical reception
Clive James
Clive James (born Vivian Leopold James; 7 October 1939 – 24 November 2019) was an Australian critic, journalist, broadcaster, writer and lyricist who lived and worked in the United Kingdom from 1962 until his death in 2019.James, Clive. ''As of This Writing''.W. W. Norton & Company(2003)p.57