critical perspectives d+l Flashcards

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what did one critic say about relationships? (duffy)

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for duffy relationships seem to be exclusively about pain rather than pleasure

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what did dowson say about the human experience (duffy)

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duffy presents the full range of human experience

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what dowson say about outsiderness (duffy)

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for duffy outsidedness is everywhere

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what does one critic say about longing and comfort? (duffy)

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(duffy) not longing for one physical place but the desire to return to that existential state of comfort she describes

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what does greenlaw say about dislocation?

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the poet (duffy) of dislocation (social, sexual, psychological, linguistic, political)

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what does carol ann duffy say about cliches?

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put little spotlights on phrases (like cliches) to show how they look like plastic roses but have roots underneath

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what does dowson say about love loss and yearning? (duffy)

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(duffy) attempts to put into words the knotty states of love losss and yearning

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what does edwards say about loneliness scepticism and regret? (larkin)

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(larkin) synonymous with loneliness scepticism and regret

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what does lachlan mackinnon say about church? (larkin)

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larkin is disbelieving but nostalgic for the church

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what does nicholas marsh say about dreaming? (larkin)

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larkin insists on the human need to dream

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what does roddy lumsden say about pessimism and happiness?

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his (larkin) pessimism was always tempered by strong awareness of the continuity of human happiness

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what does roddy lumsden about optimism?

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(larkin) reluctant optimism

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what does roddy lumsden say about small lives?

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(larkin) a gloomy celebration. of small lives brought into color with fine details and shot through with big emotions

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what is said about larkins melancholy?

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larkins habitual melancholy is often rooted in anger

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what does duffy say about herself

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deals with facts not emotion

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16
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what is said about time (duffy)

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time is inevitably cruel and it takes thing away from us

17
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what is said about duffys personas

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duffys personas open a window on their souls

18
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what is said about duffy and dramatic monologue

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the dramatic monologue became a duffy trademark

19
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what is said about irony in duffys poetry

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subtle shades of irony and self-knowing

20
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what is said about larkins work and why is it so rich

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the fact that larkins work offers nuanced meaning is what makes it so rich

21
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what is said about larkin and Yeats

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longing for yeats to have been right that union with the infinite was possible

22
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what is said about solitude and separation in larkins poetry

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solitude and separation are common features

23
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what is said about failure and remorse in larkins poetry

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clipped lucid stanzas about the failures and remorse of age about stunted lives and spoiled desires

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what is said about duffys poetry being for people who resent society

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duffys verses are written in the voice of the poeple who harbour resentments and grudges against the world

25
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what kind of relationships are duffys poems about

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budding and broken

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what is said haunts duffys verse

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failure lonliness and isolation haunt her verse

27
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what does duffy say about prayer and poem

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poetry and prayer are very similar

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what does duffy say about nostalgia

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nostalgia is about both kinds of exile - from our homes and our lives

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what is said about what duffy longs for

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not longing for one physical place but the desire to return tp that existential sense of comfort she describes

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what is said about the lack of complete calm success in love of larkins work

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none of larkins poems register the achievement of complete calm success in love

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what is larkins poetry said to be a pursuit of

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larkins poetry is a pursuit of difference

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what does larkins poetry reflect in terms of religious faith

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the spiritual desolation of a world in which men have shed the last rags of religious faith that once lent meaning to human lives

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what is said about larkins poetry being realistic not glamourous

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reality is emphasized at all costs and a thoughtful effort made to eliminate all glamour from situations and people