‘The Beckoning Obstruction’: On the theme of scarcity in the poetry of Peter Larkin

Although he writes almost exclusively about trees and one of his main themes is scarcity, Peter Larkin should not be considered only an ecological nature poet. A close examination of his verse reveals him to be also a complex metaphysician whose work is infused with subtly allegorical elements which...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: John Milbank
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2020-11-01
Series:Journal of British and Irish Innovative Poetry
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Online Access:https://poetry.openlibhums.org/article/id/1923/