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Horror Larkin with Joe James & Alex Howard
Manage episode 314931232 series 3234668
In this episode, Joe James from the Right In The Schoolies podcast and PLS Trustee Alex Howard talk to Lyn about their definitions of horror and where they see horror in Larkin's writing.
Larkin poems/novels discussed- High Windows, Sunny Prestatyn, The Old Fools, At Grass, Aubade, Mr Bleaney, Ambulances, The Building, If, My Darling, Jill, Love Again.
Other writers and references: Paradise Lost by John Milton (1667), the work of Stephen King, the Metaphysical Poets, Oscar Wilde, 'the Seven ages of man' speech from As You Like It (1599), MR James, Wuthering Heights (1847) By Emily Bronte, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) by Robert Louis Stevenson, Hannibal Lector (Red Dragon by Thomas Harris 1981), Steve Coogan's The Reckoning (in production), The Theatre of the Absurd, Bertolt Brecht, Cannibal Holocaust ( dir.Rugero Deodato,1980), Basil (1852) by Wilkie Collins, Alice in Wonderland (1865) By Lewis Carroll,
Exclusive setting of If, My Darling by Wes Finch, featuring Jools Street and John Parker. Editorial assistance from Ben Haines.
Presented by Lyn Lockwood.
Theme music: 'The Horns Of The Morning' by The Mechanicals Band. Buy 'The Righteous Jazz' at their Bandcamp page: https://themechanicalsband.bandcamp.com/album/the-righteous-jazz
Audio editing by Simon Galloway.
Follow us and get it touch on Twitter - https://twitter.com/tiny_air
Find out more about the Philip Larkin Society here - http://philiplarkin.com/
60 episodes
Manage episode 314931232 series 3234668
In this episode, Joe James from the Right In The Schoolies podcast and PLS Trustee Alex Howard talk to Lyn about their definitions of horror and where they see horror in Larkin's writing.
Larkin poems/novels discussed- High Windows, Sunny Prestatyn, The Old Fools, At Grass, Aubade, Mr Bleaney, Ambulances, The Building, If, My Darling, Jill, Love Again.
Other writers and references: Paradise Lost by John Milton (1667), the work of Stephen King, the Metaphysical Poets, Oscar Wilde, 'the Seven ages of man' speech from As You Like It (1599), MR James, Wuthering Heights (1847) By Emily Bronte, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde (1886) by Robert Louis Stevenson, Hannibal Lector (Red Dragon by Thomas Harris 1981), Steve Coogan's The Reckoning (in production), The Theatre of the Absurd, Bertolt Brecht, Cannibal Holocaust ( dir.Rugero Deodato,1980), Basil (1852) by Wilkie Collins, Alice in Wonderland (1865) By Lewis Carroll,
Exclusive setting of If, My Darling by Wes Finch, featuring Jools Street and John Parker. Editorial assistance from Ben Haines.
Presented by Lyn Lockwood.
Theme music: 'The Horns Of The Morning' by The Mechanicals Band. Buy 'The Righteous Jazz' at their Bandcamp page: https://themechanicalsband.bandcamp.com/album/the-righteous-jazz
Audio editing by Simon Galloway.
Follow us and get it touch on Twitter - https://twitter.com/tiny_air
Find out more about the Philip Larkin Society here - http://philiplarkin.com/
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