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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The Less Deceived canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book ⓘ
poetry collection ⓘ
author Philip Larkin ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
genre poetry ⓘ
hasInfluenceOn reputation of Philip Larkin as a leading Movement poet ⓘ
hasPoem Age ⓘ
At Grass ⓘ
Born Yesterday ⓘ
Church Going ⓘ
Coming ⓘ
Deceptions ⓘ
Dry-Point ⓘ
Going ⓘ
I Remember, I Remember ⓘ
I See a Girl Dragged by the Wrists ⓘ
If, My Darling ⓘ
Lines on a Young Lady’s Photograph Album ⓘ
Next, Please ⓘ
No Road ⓘ
Places, Loved Ones ⓘ
Poetry of Departures ⓘ
Reasons for Attendance ⓘ
Toads ⓘ
Toads Revisited ⓘ
linked to: Toads

Triple Time ⓘ
Wants ⓘ
Wedding-Wind ⓘ
Whatever Happened? (In memoriam W. R.) ⓘ
Wires ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Philip Larkin → notableWork → The Less Deceived ⓘ
The Whitsun Weddings → follows → The Less Deceived ⓘ
Church Going → firstPublishedIn → The Less Deceived ⓘ
Church Going → collection → The Less Deceived ⓘ