Lectio violant by Steve Ely Abigail Parry the accumulated scholarship on Larkin

the accumulated scholarship on Larkin

Luke Palmer

forced separations

including the Brothers Poem

What's already here

Lectio violant by Steve Ely Abigail Parry the accumulated scholarship on Larkin"The poems in this book are improvisations arising from contemplative readings of four chapters of the 1611 edition of the King James BibleMatthew VI, Mark V, Luke XV and Luke X. Lectio Violantprofane readingis the name Ive coined to describe this process, alluding to Lectio Divinadivine readingthe long established Catholic practice of devotional reading, the purpose of which is to draw the reader closer to God by enabling a fuller experience of