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Carol Ann Duffy, DBE
One hundred poems which illustrate the beauty and awe of the natural world, collated by former Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom, Carol Ann Duffy.
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Deryn Rees-Jones (University of Liverpool)
A study that looks at Carol Ann Duffy’s work from her early development and involvement with the Liverpool poets in the 1970s. It focuses on the way in which Duffy…
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Carol Ann Duffy
A stunning anthology of poems edited by Carol Ann Duffy on that special bond between parent and child through life, featuring some of our most beloved poets.
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Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy returns with Sincerity, her last full collection as Poet Laureate, a magisterial achievement from the greatest living poet of our times.
A unique collection of feminist poems from the former Poet Laureate, filled with her characteristic wit, is a feminist classic and a modern take on age-old mythology, reissued as part…
A dazzling, dashing collection from the 2009-2019 Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom reissued in the Picador Collection.
The World’s Wife is a joyous exuberant book of poems about women usually excluded from myth and history (Guardian)
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A brand new updated paperback edition of Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy’s Collected Poems.
Jane Dowson
Discussions of her writing and activities prove how she has championed the relevance of poetry to all areas of contemporary culture and to the life of every human being.
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Cengage Learning Gale
A Study Guide for Carol Ann Duffy’s Originally, excerpted from Gale’s acclaimed Poetry for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context…
An enchanting Christmas poem from Carol Ann Duffy, complete with gorgeous illustrations from Margaux Carpentier.
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Elgezeery Gamal
Objectification of human beings in general is a persistent theme in Carol Ann Duffy’s The World’s Wife (1999). It takes many interrelated forms and manifestations. Duffy manipulates the dramatic monologue…
These essays approach and explore Duffy’s work from various literary theoretical perspectives, including feminism, masculinity, national identity and post-structuralism. It situates Duffy’s poems in relation to debates about the state…
Sylvia Plath
The Poet Laureate’s selection of Sylvia Plath’s poems - now in a unique Liberty design edition.
Anna Akhmatova
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY CAROL ANN DUFFY Anna Akhmatova is one of the most accomplished and well loved poets Russia has ever produced. This selection, beautifully translated by poet and…
Sappho
150 years after Homer’s Iliad, Sappho lived on the island of Lesbos, west off the coast of Turkey. Little remains of her writings, which are said to have filled nine…
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This book deals with the oral fairytale The Grandmother’s Story and its later written versions. It covers two oral versions of the tale, two of its first written versions, and…
A beautiful poetry collection chosen by the Poet Laureate, Carol Ann Duffy.
This beautifully illustrated collection brings together, for the first time, Carol Ann Duffy’s much-celebrated festive poems.
A beautiful festive gift from the award-winning poet, Carol Ann Duffy, with captivating illustrations from Yelena Bryksenkov.
Through a series of specially commissioned poems, Jubilee Lines offers a unique portrayal of the country and times in which we have lived since 1953, culminating in an essential portrait…
The First World War holds a unique place in the nation’s history; the poetry it produced, a unique place in the nation’s hearts. To mark the centenary of the First…
Poetry, Poet Laureate
Boxset, poetry, pamphlets
Poetry, pamphlets, Poet Laureate
A collection of poems by women from different cultures and backgrounds, portraying the varied facets of the female experience from childhood to old age.
Winner of the T. S. Eliot Prize, essential reading for the broken-hearted of all ages (The Guardian)
The effortless virtuosity, drama, and humanity of Carol Ann Duffy’s verse have made…
Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy chooses 100 poems to commemorate the Armistice of 1918, and themes of peace and truce more generally - now in paperback.
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From Britain’s Poet Laureate comes this captivating new fairy tale
Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy chooses 100 poems - including those from other conflicts and cultures - to commemorate the Armistice of 1918, and themes of peace and truce more…
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A beautiful paperback edition of this complete collection of the Poet Laureate’s poetry for children.
A new adaptation by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy of a cornerstone of English drama since the 15th century.
A critically acclaimed collection from Carol Ann Duffy, her first as Poet Laureate.
Be terrified.
It’s you I love,perfect man,Greek God, my own;but I know you’ll go,
betray me, stray from home. So better by far forme if you…
One of those rare nights in the theatre when some strange alchemy takes place in the dark and as a shiver runs down your spine and a bubble of laughter…
Virginia Woolf
Direct and vivid in its telling of the details of a day in the life of Clarissa Dalloway, the novel manages ultimately to deliver much more. It is the feelings…
WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY VALENTINE CUNNINGHAM AND CAROL ANN DUFFY In this vivid portrait of one day in a woman’s life, Clarissa Dalloway is preoccupied with the last-minute details of party…
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A gorgeously illustrated, moving tale celebrating the magic of Christmas through the artistic eye of Pablo Picasso from Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy.
An anthology of moving poems collated by Carol Ann Duffy, from the poet’s own archives.
The first collection by Carol Ann Duffy, originally published in 1985.
Carol Ann Duffy’s stunning second collection, originally published in 1986.
Off the Shelf is a beautiful anthology of specially commissioned poems written in celebration of books and bookshops, edited by the poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy
Off the Shelf is a beautiful anthology of specially commissioned poems written in celebration of books and bookshops.
The Poet Laureate’s fourth collection, winner of the 1993 Forward Poetry Prize and the Whitbread Poetry Award.
