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The good, the bad and the Larkin: a famous spaghetti western might seem a strange departure point for a consideration of such a resolutely unglamorous figure as Philip Larkin. But Nick Johnston-Jones shows how the world it depicts stands multiple comparisons with the almost overwhelmingly bleak vision of The Whitsun Weddings

Authors :
Johnston-Jones, Nick
Source :
The English Review. November 1, 2009, Vol. 20 Issue 2, p36, 3 p.
Publication Year :
2009

Abstract

Sergio Leone's film The Good, the Bad and the Ugly reinvented an exhausted genre when it hit the screens in 1966. Its ironic, postmodern tone fitted the mood of the [...]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
09558950
Volume :
20
Issue :
2
Database :
Gale General OneFile
Journal :
The English Review
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsgcl.210223005