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The World's Wife

Paperback • 2015 • 1. edition

The World's Wife

By Carol Ann Duffy

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About the book

With an introduction by Jeanette WintersonThis unique collection of poems from the Poet Laureate, filled with her characteristic wit, is a feminist classic and a modern take on age-old mythology.Who? Him. The Husband. Hero. Hunk.The Boy Next Door. The Paramour. The Je t'adore.Behind every famous man is a great woman - and from the quick-tongued Mrs Darwin to the lascivious Frau Freud, from the adoring Queen Kong to the long-suffering wife of the Devil himself, each one steps from her counterpart...Show more

Poetry by individual poets

Book details

ISBN

9781447275244

Publisher

Pan Macmillan

Published year

2015

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1

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The World's Wife

Format

Paperback

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