Samotność, smutek i ironia – o trzech wspólnych aspektach poezji Philipa Larkina i malarstwa Edwarda Hoppera
Loneliness, sadness and irony: the three major themes of Philip Larkin’s poetry and Edward Hopper’s paintings

Summary/Abstract: Although Philip Larkin and Edward Hopper, an English poet and an American painter, worked in two different domains of art and different cultural contexts, their works evoke similar emotions and comments among the public. The recipients regularly mentionthree major themes of Larkin’s poems and Hopper’s paintings, which are loneliness, sadnessand irony. This article aims to discuss how the poet represented them in words and the painteron canvas. I will study the individual style of both artists in order to reveal how various aspects of their works correspond with each other, leading to similar artistic effects.

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