World's Wife
York Notes Advanced
By Carol Ann Duffy
Notes By Mary Green
October 2007
Longman / Pearson Education
Distrubuted by Trans-Atlantic Publications Inc.
ISBN: 9781405861854 
135 pages, 5 3/4" x 8 1/4"
$17.95 Paper Original
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Contents Include:
Part 1: Introduction
How to Study a Poem
Reading The World's Wife
Part 2: The Text
Note on the text
Synopsis
Detailed Summaries
Extended Commentaries
Part 3: Critical Approaches
Characterization
Themes
Structure
Language & Style
The power of the tale
Revisionism
Part 4: Critical History
Reception & early reviews
Contemporary Approaches
Part Five: Background
Carol Ann Duffy's life and works
Historical & Political Background
Literary Background
Chronology
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