Duffy critics Flashcards
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O’Keefe “Duffy’s concern for the duplicitous nature of language is matched by…
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a concern for the way language can alienate”
2
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Quinn “Many of Duffy’s poems…
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echo themes of Larkin’s”
3
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O’Reilly “Explores memory and nostalgia resulting in…
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her comparisons with Philip Larkin”
4
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Viner “Her poetry is filled with…
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lost loves yearning for the past”
5
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Woods “Duffy’s poems explore how time is inevitably cruel…
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and takes things away from us”
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Preston “There’s a persistent sense in her work that love involves…
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as much suffering as it does joy”
7
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Cash “Duffy presents disappointed figures in need of…
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comfort in a dark and potentially comfortless world”
