Author: Isabel Dionisio Publisher: GRIN Verlag ISBN: 3638377164 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 16
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Seminar paper from the year 2004 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 2+, University of Wuppertal, language: English, abstract: “Salome” is a poem written by Carol Ann Duffy and can be found in the compilation of The World’s Wife written in 1999. It is a thematic book, where each poem is the voice of an hypothetical wife of a great man of history or mythology. The poem Salome consists of four stanzas. The first stanza has 14 lines; the second and third stanza have nine lines, and the last one has four lines. The register of the poem is intimate and addressed to a large number of readers. In terms of style, we will find in this poem black humour especially because of the smash of rhymes, as for instant: “lighter, laughter, flatter, pewter, Peter.” The poems’ persona is called Salome who we find immediately in the title. A hasty and knowledgeable reader will easily connect the character of this poem with a historical and biblical woman named Salome. The myth of a dancer (Salome) has been told in various different ways. It (the poem) became known in different adaptations as in literature, television, cinema and theatre. The history of the biblical Salome is very well known among the religious, but it seems to me important to refer briefly about it on the next page. In the following paper I will first of all, talk about the author Carol Ann Duffy as a person and a writer, because the education that she received could be an interesting clue to her poem “Salome”. Then, I will proceed with an interpretation or analysis of this poem Salome in a historical way, but also in a modern way. I mean, I will always connect this poem with the real, biblical, story. That is because, in my opinion, the persona can simultaneously be a modern fictional woman from nowadays, or the historical (but also fictional) woman. In other words, in my point of view, the poem relies on double meanings, therefore two different interpretations.
Author: Carol Ann Duffy Publisher: Macmillan ISBN: 057119995X Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 98
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Mrs Midas, Queen Kong, Mrs Lazarus, the Kray sisters, and a huge cast of others startle with their wit, imagination, lyrical intuition and incisiveness.
Author: Carol Ann Duffy Publisher: Pan Macmillan ISBN: 1509893431 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 94
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Her final collection as Poet Laureate, a frank, disarming and deeply moving exploration of loss and remembrance in their many forms. Presented in a beautiful, foiled package, this will be the poetry book of the year.
Author: Carol Ann Duffy Publisher: Pan Macmillan ISBN: 1447206894 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 78
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In Feminine Gospels, Carol Ann Duffy draws on the historical, the archetypal, the biblical and the fantastical to create various visions – and revisions – of female identity. Simultaneously stripping women bare and revealing them in all their guises and disguises, these poems tell tall stories as though they were true confessions, and spin modern myths from real women seen in every aspect – as bodies and corpses, writers and workers, shoppers and slimmers, fairytale royals or girls-next-door. ‘Part of Duffy’s talent – besides her ear for ordinary eloquence, her gorgeous, powerful, throwaway lines, her subtlety – is her ventriloquism . . . From verbal nuances to mind-expanding imaginative leaps, her words seem freshly plucked from the minds of non-poets – that is, she makes it look easy’ Charlotte Mendelson, Observer
Author: Jen Campbell Publisher: Thames & Hudson ISBN: 0500777837 Category : Juvenile Fiction Languages : en Pages : 120
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Jen Campbell's collection of terrifyingly gruesome tales lends a modern edge to fairy tale collections for young readers. Drawing on her extensive knowledge of fairy tale history, Campbell's stories undo the censoring, gender stereotyping and twee endings of more modern children's fairy tales, to return both classic and little-known stories to their grim versions, whilst celebrating a diverse range of characters. Featuring 14 short stories from around the globe, The Sister Who Ate Her Brothers is illustrated in a contemporary style by Canadian comic artist Adam de Souza. De Souza's brooding illustrations are a highly original blend of 19th-century Gothic engravings and moody film noir graphic novels. Beautifully produced in a hardback format with a rose gold ribbon marker, The Sister Who Ate Her Brothers is a truly thrilling gift.
Author: Carol Ann Duffy Publisher: Pan Macmillan ISBN: 1509824979 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 64
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One of those rare books that is immediately enjoyable yet will repay many re-readings' Poetry Review Carol Ann Duffy's highly praised second collection, for which she was given the Somerset Maughan Award, showcases the Poet Laureate's skill even at the very start of her career. Within are poems that reveal the full range of her interests: from the dramatic monologues, to meditations on death and art, to poems of protest and poems of love. Throughout it all, though, is a resounding determination to give voices to those who are usually voiceless, and always apparent is her inimitable wit, wisdom and imagination. At once tender and sharp, moving and humourous, Selling Manhattan has dazzled both readers and critics ever since it was first published in 1987.
Author: Carol Ann Duffy Publisher: Pan Macmillan ISBN: 1509824952 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 70
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Carol Ann Duffy's outstanding first collection, Standing Female Nude, introduced readers to all they would come to love about her poetry. From lovers to wives to war photographers, the poems it contains range from the delicately poignant to the fiercely political, exploring memory, gender, childhood and place. Within it are also some of her best-known poems, including 'Education for Leisure', as well as, of course, the poem from which the collection takes its title. First published in 1985 to widespread critical acclaim, Standing Female Nude is a work of startling originality and the starting point of the Poet Laureate's dazzling poetic career.
Author: D. A. Draper Publisher: Heinemann ISBN: 9780435109950 Category : Juvenile Nonfiction Languages : en Pages : 150
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This Student Book gives students the confidence to compare the poems effectively. Stimulating activities help students to compare the poems confidently while covering the Assessment Objectives. Extensive comparison sections for each poem are included with guidance on pairings and analysis. Also available: Interactive Poetry: The Literature Anthology Duffy Armitage Bring the literature anthology to life!
Author: Carol Ann Duffy Publisher: Pan Macmillan ISBN: 9780330433945 Category : Poetry Languages : en Pages : 274
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In New Selected Poems 1984-2004, Carol Ann Duffy draws together key poems from her published work to date spanning twenty extraordinary years of definitive writingfrom Standing Female Nude (1985) to Feminine Gospels (2003). Always vital, original and poignant, Carol Ann Duffy has been called the representative poet of our times. Her distinctive style incorporates witty acts of ventriloquism and imagination thatfearlessly and with sparkling lucidityaddress timeless and universal themes in ways both personal and political. In doing so, she speaks to our collective memory and establishes herself as a modern classic.
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