Critics Flashcards
Sean O’ Brien - Duffy
“Makes particular memories universally accessible”
Antony Rowland on Duffy
“Difficulties in formulating experience”
Guardian on Duffy
“The most humane and accessible poet of our time”
Duffy
“Poetry to some extent takes the place of religion”
Danette DiMarco says Duffy is
A poet of “Thatcher’s England…voices of people on the margins of society who harbour resentments against the world”
Linda France - Duffy
“The erotic is available to women”
More France on Duffy
“Strong femenist edge…Duffy deconstructs traditional beliefs”
McClatchy on men like Larkin
“Stunted lives and spoiled desires”
Punter on Larkin
“Tempered emotions: satisfaction shadowed by regret: mournfulness edged with hope”
Andrew Motion on Larkin
His poems encapsulate a “debate between hope and hopelessness”
Larkin referred to women in letters as
“Shits”
Alun R Jones on Larkin
“Embraced the non literary, the provincial, and the purely personal”
X J Kennedy on Larkin
poetry “from which even people who distrust poetry, most people, can take comfort and delight”
Betjeman on Larkin
“Tenderly observant poet writes clearly, rhythmically, and thoughtfully about what all of us can understand”
Everett on Larkin
“Publicly-private persona”
