The poetry of Carol Ann Duffy

Choosing tough words
Herausgeber: Michelis, Angelica; Rowland, Anthony

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Produktbeschreibung

These essays approach and explore Duffy's work from various literary theoretical perspectives, including feminism, masculinity, national identity and post-structuralism. It situates Duffy's poems in relation to debates about the state, value and social relevance of contemporary British poetry.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Manchester University Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 294g
• ISBN-13: 9780719063015
• ISBN-10: 0719063019
• Artikelnr.: 22097138

Autorenporträt

Angelica Michelis is Senior Lecturer in the Department of English at the Manchester Metropolitan University. Antony Rowland is Senior Lecturer in English at the University of Salford

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors List of abbreviations Introduction 1. Duffy, Eliot and
impersonality - Neil Roberts 2. Female metamorphoses: Carol Ann Duffy's
'Ovid' - Jeffrey Wainwright 3. Love and masculinity in the poetry of Carol
Ann Duffy - Antony Rowland 4. 'Me know not what these people mean': Gender
and national identity in Carol Ann Duffy's poetry - Angelica Michelis 5.
'Small Female Skull': Patriarchy and philosophy in the poetry of Carol Ann
Duffy - Avril Horner 6. 'The Chant of Magic Words Repeatedly': Gender as
linguistic act in the poetry of Carol Ann Duffy - Jane Thomas 7. 'What like
is it?': Duffy's 'différance' - Stan Smith 8. 'What it is like in words':
Translation, reflection and refraction in the poetry of Carol Ann Duffy -
Michael Woods 9. 'Skeleton, Moon, Poet': Carol Ann Duffy's postmodern
poetry for children - Eva Mueller-Zettelmann Bibliography Index