Larkinesque

In fact, he noted, in Larkinesque language, that his own reputation — at home as much as in his professional life — was as something of a "hard-ass."

Larry Summers vs. the Tiger Mom Gerard Baker 2011

One can read it as a wry Larkinesque reflection on ageing and perspective, a typically English stoic grumble; or perhaps--picking up on the notes of authoritarianism and diminished agency--as a subtle comment on the narrowing of political possibilities during the decade of Thatcherism.

Archive 2009-12-01 Rus Bowden 2009

Very well: In what sense other than the Larkinesque does this brief fiction express anything “national”?

Think of England 2007

One can read it as a wry Larkinesque reflection on ageing and perspective, a typically English stoic grumble; or perhaps--picking up on the notes of authoritarianism and diminished agency--as a subtle comment on the narrowing of political possibilities during the decade of Thatcherism.

Great Regulars: "Observation Car", published in the TLS Rus Bowden 2009

Very well: In what sense other than the Larkinesque does this brief fiction express anything “national”?

Think of England 2007

When she published her first book of poems, New Territory, in 1967, it was hard to distinguish her voice from the common tone of English poetry at large: wordly, cryptic, Larkinesque.

The Delirium of the Brave Donoghue, Denis 1994

A near-contemporary of Philip Larkin, Rutherford sometimes uses Larkinesque forms or turns of phrase for his own poetic purposes.

Blogposts | guardian.co.uk 2009

A near-contemporary of Philip Larkin, Rutherford sometimes uses Larkinesque forms or turns of phrase for his own poetic purposes.

The Guardian World News 2009

Callil arrestingly weaves the sad story of Anne Darquier’s ultimately failed efforts to reconcile herself to her Larkinesque condition with the history of Darquier’s grungy life, the chaos and political passions of the waning years of the Third Republic, and the sleazy intrigue and backbiting of the Vichy regime.

The Path of Least Resistance 2006

Callil arrestingly weaves the sad story of Anne Darquier’s ultimately failed efforts to reconcile herself to her Larkinesque condition with the history of Darquier’s grungy life, the chaos and political passions of the waning years of the Third Republic, and the sleazy intrigue and backbiting of the Vichy regime.

The Path of Least Resistance 2006