Feminine Gospels - Carol Ann Duffy

Sample question paper and mark scheme for first Duffy question: 




Mind map link



The Woman Who Shopped





Half Term Homework:

   “What I was trying to do was use the idea of gospel truth: in a sense the gospels are a tall story told as truth, so these poems were about trying to find truth about particularly female issues but doing it within tall stories.”

With reference to the poems you have studied so far, examine the view that Feminine Gospels is trying to present ‘truths’?

Carol Ann Duffy useful links:

Mendelson on Duffy:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/oct/13/poetry.features1

Feinstein article on Duffy:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2002/sep/14/featuresreviews.guardianreview

Jeannette Winterson article on Duffy:

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/jan/17/jeanette-winterson-on-carol-ann-duffys-the-worlds-wife

Joanna Lumley reads 'The Laughter of Stafford Girls' High' poem (43 mins)

https://www.mixcloud.com/e2e/the-laughter-of-stafford-girls-high-by-carol-ann-duffy-starring-joanna-lumley-bbc-radio-4/

Duffy reads them:

http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/english/writingprog/archive/writers/duffycarolann/090102/

British Council and Elizabeth O'Reilly:

https://literature.britishcouncil.org/writer/carol-ann-duffy

Quizlet - short quotes from several critics - audio resource

https://quizlet.com/80936481/carol-ann-duffy-critics-flash-cards/