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简介:TocelebrateNationalPoetryDay,andtocommemoratethe30thanniversaryofthedeathofPhilipLarkin,writerandcriticANWilsonrevisitsthelifeandworkofoneofthegreatestEnglishpoetsofthe20thcentury-apoetsoontobehonouredwithaplaceinPoetsCorneratWestminsterAbbey. InReturnToLarkinland,WilsontracesLarkin’slifefromhischildhoodinCoventry,throughhisstudentdaysatOxfordandthenhisadultyearsworkinginuniversitylibraries,wherehewrotebothsomeofthebest-lovedandmostnotoriouspoemsintheEnglishlanguage. Wilson,whoknewLarkininlaterlife,remembersmemorableencounterswiththepoet;thispersonalconnectionhelpshimtorevealacomplexmanwithacomplicated,andattimestortured,privatelife.AspartofthiscandidexplorationintoLarkin’slife,Wilsonwillconfronttheallegationsofracism,bigotryandmisogynywhichdoggedhisposthumousreputation,followingthepublicationoftheSelectedLettersandbiography. However,WilsonconcludesthatitisLarkin’spoems,nothisfaults,thathavesurvived.FeaturingreadingsofhisworkbyLarkinhimself,includingmasterpiecessuchasTheWhitsunWeddings,ArundelTomb,ChurchGoingandAubade,WilsonarguesinthisprogrammethatLarkinspokeforBritainbetweenthe1950sand1970sperhapsmorethananyotherwriter.…