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Record Nr.

UNINA9910789502003321

Autore

Larkin Philip

Titolo

Jazz writings : essays and reviews 1940-84 / / Philip Larkin ; edited by Richard Palmer and John White

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] ; ; New Yor, New York : , : Continuum, , 2005

©2005

ISBN

1-283-20286-7

9786613202864

1-4411-1788-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

Continuum Impacts

Disciplina

781.6509

Soggetti

Jazz - History and criticism

Jazz

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction: 'The Natural Noise of Good'; Prelude; Part One: Reviews in Newspapers and Periodicals; Part Two: A Miscellany of Essays, Book Reports and Letters; Part Three: Daily Telegraph Records of the Year, 1961-70; Addenda; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Philip Larkin (1922-85) was not only one of the foremost English poets of the twentieth century, but also a notable novelist and a distinguished writer on jazz. He was jazz critic for The Daily Telegraph between 1961 and 1971. Jazz Writings brings together Larkin's reviews, articles and essays written for The Guardian, The Observer, The New Statesman, and numerous other publications.