Thanks, Peter - that explains it.
Best wishes
Matthew
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Howard <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: 16 May 2001 17:52
Subject: Re: Larkin question
>Matthew,
>
>I think you're right, and your student has been reading a bit too
>hurriedly. The Motion biography, pp49-50, says: "...it's still possible
>to see the lasting impression that the Coventry raids made on him
>[Larkin]; ... the blasts around Manor Road echo underground in 'The
>Explosion'."
>
>Motion clearly doesn't mean that The Explosion is about an air-raid, but
>that Larkin's experience of living through them enabled him to write
>more vividly about the underground explosion.
>
>Regards,
>--
>Peter
>
>http://www.hphoward.demon.co.uk/poetry/
>
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