All Outputs (8)

“Born Yesterday”: Philip Larkin and the Denial of Childhood (2023)
Journal Article
Perry, S. (2023). “Born Yesterday”: Philip Larkin and the Denial of Childhood. English Studies, 104(7), 1236-1251. https://doi.org/10.1080/0013838X.2023.2188807

Very little has been said about Philip Larkin’s attitude towards children, despite the fact that they play a significant role in his writing as symbols of the conventional family life he chose not to live. This article seeks to bridge this notable ga... Read More about “Born Yesterday”: Philip Larkin and the Denial of Childhood.

The innocence of R.S. Thomas (2019)
Journal Article
Perry, S. (2019). The innocence of R.S. Thomas. Essays in Criticism, 69(3), 325-348. https://doi.org/10.1093/escrit/cgz017

‘The Small Box’: Ted Hughes and the figure of the child (2018)
Book Chapter
Perry, S. J. (2018). ‘The Small Box’: Ted Hughes and the figure of the child. In K. McLoughlin (Ed.), British Literature in Transition, 1960–1980: Flower Power (352-367). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316424179.028

Keep innocency: Edward Thomas and fatherhood (2018)
Journal Article
Perry, S. (2018). Keep innocency: Edward Thomas and fatherhood. The Cambridge Quarterly, 47(4), 301–324. https://doi.org/10.1093/camqtly/bfy026

Hughes and Surrealism (2018)
Book Chapter
Perry, S. (2018). Hughes and Surrealism. In T. Gifford (Ed.), Ted Hughes in Context (103-112). Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108554381.013

Chameleon poet: R.S. Thomas and the literary tradition (2013)
Book
Perry, S. (2013). Chameleon poet: R.S. Thomas and the literary tradition. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780199687336.001.0001

For many decades, R.S. Thomas has been portrayed according to terms that he himself helped to define. Drawing on the poet's status as a passionate defender of the Welsh nation, scholars have followed his lead in emphasising the Welsh credentials and... Read More about Chameleon poet: R.S. Thomas and the literary tradition.

"So unreal": The unhomely moment in the poetry of Philip Larkin (2011)
Journal Article
Perry, S. J. (2011). "So unreal": The unhomely moment in the poetry of Philip Larkin. English Studies, 92(4), 432-448. https://doi.org/10.1080/0013838X.2011.574030

Philip Larkin has often been perceived as a poet of the everyday, his work projecting a stable and easily identifiable version of reality. However, while there can be little doubt that Larkin's ability to evoke the sights and sounds of the “weekday w... Read More about "So unreal": The unhomely moment in the poetry of Philip Larkin.

‘Only in dreams’: Philip Larkin and surrealism (2010)
Journal Article
Perry, S. (2010). ‘Only in dreams’: Philip Larkin and surrealism. English, 59(224), 95-119. https://doi.org/10.1093/english/efp049

This article suggests that one of the most illuminating ways of approaching the poetry of Philip Larkin is through the philosophy and art of the Surrealists, including the work of some of the movement's most renowned practitioners: André Breton, Salv... Read More about ‘Only in dreams’: Philip Larkin and surrealism.