Carol Ann Duffy – ‘the world’s wife’卡罗尔·····················.ppt

Carol Ann Duffy – ‘the world’s wife’ Contemporary Literature in English Natália Pikli ELTE Carol Ann Duffy (born 1955) born in Glasgow – moved to Stafford (working class family, Scottish father, Irish mother, raised Catholic), writing poems since she was a child read philosophy: Liverpool University First poetry prize: National Poetry Competition, 1983 Critic of poetry (Guardian) and editing the poetry magazine Ambit (1980s) Manchester Metropolitan University: Professor of Contemporary Poetry/Creative Writing 2009: Poet Laureate (first woman, Scot, Lesbian PL) Major Poetic Works and Secondary Literature Standing Female Nude (1985) Selling Manhattan (1987) The Other Country (1990) Mean Time (1993) The World’s Wife (1999) Feminine Gospels (2002) New Selected Poems, 1984-2004 (2004) Rapture (2005) – a love story The Bees (2011) Other projects Grimm’s Tales – plays for children, editions and volumes of poetry for children (eg. The Tear Thief, The Hat) education: sheerpoetry.co.uk – helping British students to understand her poems as Poet Laureate: poems commissioned (2011 royal wedding – Rings) or prompted by special occasions (David Becham’s injury – Achilles, death of the last two British soldiers of WW1- Last Post, The Twelve Days of Christmas 2009 – current concerns, Translating the British – 2012 London Olympics) PLAYS: Take My Husband?(1982),?Cavern of Dreams?(1984),?Little Women, Big Boys?(1986)?Loss?(1986),?Casanova?(2007) Answering Back (2007) – 46 contemporary poets invited by Duffy, choosing and reflecting on poems by English poets (23 of them: women! → alternative canon) ‘?the most studied poet in Britain (after Shakespeare)’ v banning her poem 2008: AQA?(Assessment and Qualifications Alliance (an Awarding Body in?UK for specifications and holds?exams in various subjects at?GCSE, AS and A LEVEL?and offers vocational qualifications) ‘banned’ Education for Leisure from exams/school anthologies as ‘celebrating violence’ Duffy: it’s ridiculous, Its an anti-vi