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 canonical 2
The Whitsun Weddings (poem) 2

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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 ⓘ