Luffy- Critics/Context Flashcards
Who likes to use simple words but in a complicated way?
Duffy
Who was Larkin influenced by?
The Romantics
What was Duffy the first of?
First LGBSTQ+ Poet Laureate
What did Amis say about Larkin?
He has ‘no emotions, no vital essences’
What does O’Reilley say that Duffy gives us an insight into?
‘Such disturbed minds’
What type of upbringing did Duffy have?
As a Catholic in Scotland
What does Bennet say that Larkin makes the stuff of poetry?
‘non-experiences’
What does Randolph say that Duffy shares with Larkin?
Larkin’s tragic view of life
What is Duffy’s typical style?
The Dramatic monologue- stream of consciousness
What does Jardine say that Larkin is?
‘An easy misogynist’
What does Bejeteman say that Larkin is?
‘Tenderly observant’
What does Rees Jones say that Duffy uses?
‘Use of demotic everyday language can be traced back to Wordsworth’
What is Duffy’s typical style idiomatic of?
Her early influences, the liverpool beat poets, early modernist poets
What does Michael Woods say that Duffy’s poems explore?
‘How time is inevitably cruel and takes things away from us’
What does Andrew Motion think that Larkin has?
‘Having a very English glum accuracy about emotions, places and relationships’
What does Duffy write in?
‘Everyday conversational language’
To express something profound about human experience
What does Duffy claim that she does unlike Larkin?
‘Sneers in the face of death’
What position does Larkin generally take?
The passive observer
What does Punter state that Larkin pre-eminently is?
‘A poet of loneliness and loss’
