There is also a pervading cynicism throughout, intended I believe, that began to wear a bit thin towards the end. Marlowe is as hard-boiled, wise-cracking as ever but otherwise there aren't any really likeable characters in it. There seemed an added confidence in the writing which is as rich as ever, with some terrific descriptions of people and places, but I found it harder to engage with this one as much as I had the others. We see that that under his hard shell lurks a big heart as he goes out of his way to help and take care of a seemingly innocent, long-suffering character. "High Window is the third in the series and sees Philip Marlowe trying to track down a rare gold coin that was part of a collection left to a mean spirited and totally unpleasant "dried up husk of a woman" who treats her highly strung secretary horribly, by her late husband.Ī bit more of Marlowe's character is fleshed out in this book. From 10 feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from 30 feet away" High Windows, in James's opinion, shows that Larkin simply strives, with the addition of each poem, to state more clearly the same principles shown by his early works and concludes that "The total impression of High Windows is of despair made beautiful."From 30 feet away she looked like a lot of class. James suggests that Larkin has never liked the idea of a poet "Developing" and that Larkin himself remains the same throughout his career as a poet. It is currently on the AQA AS/A2 level English Literature syllabus.Ĭlive James, in As of this writing, describes High Windows as Larkin's bleakest volume of poetry, though he does admit that there are aspects of the poetry that contain the humour found in Larkin's earlier books of poetry. 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. 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".
The paperback version was first published in Britain in 1979.
High Windows is a collection of poems by English poet Philip Larkin, and was published in 1974 by Faber and Faber Limited.
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