“Doing” ecocriticism: Oppressions of nature and animals in Philip Larkin’s poetry
ABSTRACTFar fewer studies have investigated Philip Larkin’s ecological awareness. While the poet problematizes physical nature and animals, the universal, east-and-west concerns of (non) human beings have been predominantly one-dimensional. This paper analyzes Larkin’s poetry, by paying specific att...
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| description | ABSTRACTFar fewer studies have investigated Philip Larkin’s ecological awareness. While the poet problematizes physical nature and animals, the universal, east-and-west concerns of (non) human beings have been predominantly one-dimensional. This paper analyzes Larkin’s poetry, by paying specific attention to the poet’s precognition of a looming disaster that ecocritics and environmentalists later came to conceptualize as “the ecological crisis.” This article analyzes two poems by Larkin, chiefly, “Going, Going,” and “Take One Home for the Kiddies” in the context of natural environment and animal oppression. Larkin’s arguments on the human manipulation of nature eventually disrupl ts the Man-Nature relationship. By focusing on these two of Larkin’s poems, the wider application of rhetorical devices attests to the poet’s sensitivity, delineating an unstable alliance between human and non-human world(s). |
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| spelling | doaj.art-33f6bc17ffb743de9da2afb1a6f2916f2023-10-19T14:23:12ZengTaylor & Francis GroupComparative Literature: East & West2572-36182021-01-0151465710.1080/25723618.2021.1943768“Doing” ecocriticism: Oppressions of nature and animals in Philip Larkin’s poetryMohd Muzhafar Idrus0Iyad Mukahal1Faculty of Major Language Studies, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Bandar Baru Nilai, MalaysiaFaculty of Major Language Studies, Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia, Bandar Baru Nilai, MalaysiaABSTRACTFar fewer studies have investigated Philip Larkin’s ecological awareness. While the poet problematizes physical nature and animals, the universal, east-and-west concerns of (non) human beings have been predominantly one-dimensional. This paper analyzes Larkin’s poetry, by paying specific attention to the poet’s precognition of a looming disaster that ecocritics and environmentalists later came to conceptualize as “the ecological crisis.” This article analyzes two poems by Larkin, chiefly, “Going, Going,” and “Take One Home for the Kiddies” in the context of natural environment and animal oppression. Larkin’s arguments on the human manipulation of nature eventually disrupl ts the Man-Nature relationship. By focusing on these two of Larkin’s poems, the wider application of rhetorical devices attests to the poet’s sensitivity, delineating an unstable alliance between human and non-human world(s).https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/25723618.2021.1943768Philip Larkinecocriticismnatureanimal oppressionsenvironmental literature菲利普·拉金 |
| spellingShingle | Mohd Muzhafar Idrus Iyad Mukahal “Doing” ecocriticism: Oppressions of nature and animals in Philip Larkin’s poetry Comparative Literature: East & West Philip Larkin ecocriticism nature animal oppressions environmental literature 菲利普·拉金 |
| title | “Doing” ecocriticism: Oppressions of nature and animals in Philip Larkin’s poetry |
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| title_short | “Doing” ecocriticism: Oppressions of nature and animals in Philip Larkin’s poetry |
| title_sort | doing ecocriticism oppressions of nature and animals in philip larkin s poetry |
| topic | Philip Larkin ecocriticism nature animal oppressions environmental literature 菲利普·拉金 |
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