Screen LibraryThe world's wife /
That saying? Behind every famous man ...? From Mrs Midas to Queen Kong, from Elvis's twin sister to Pygmalion's bride, they're all here, in Carol Ann Duffy's inspired and inspirational collection, The World's Wife. Witty and thought-provoking, this is a tongue-in-cheek, no-h...
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Picador,
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| Publisher Address: | London : |
| Publication Dates: | 2015. |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Edition: | Picador classic edition. |
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Picador classic
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That saying? Behind every famous man ...? From Mrs Midas to Queen Kong, from Elvis's twin sister to Pygmalion's bride, they're all here, in Carol Ann Duffy's inspired and inspirational collection, The World's Wife. Witty and thought-provoking, this is a tongue-in-cheek, no-holds-barred look at the real movers and shakers across history, myth and legend. If you have ever wondered, for example, how exactly Darwin came up with his theory of evolution, or what, precisely, Frau Freud thought about her husband - then this is the book for you, as the wives of the great, the good, the not so good, a |
| Carrier Form: | xviii, 77 pages ; 20 cm. |
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9781447275244 1447275241 |
| CLC: | I561.25 |
| Call Number: | I561.25/D858 |
| Contents: | Little Red Cap -- Thetis -- Queen Herod -- Mrs Midas -- [from] Mrs Tiresias -- Pilate's wife -- Mrs Aesop -- Mrs Darwin -- Mrs Sisyphus -- Mrs Faust -- Delilah -- Anne Hathaway -- Queen Kong -- Mrs Quasimodo -- Medusa -- The Devil's wife -- Circe -- Mrs Lazarus -- Pygmalion's bride -- Mrs Rip van Winkle -- Mrs Icarus -- Frau Freud -- Salome -- Eurydice -- The Kray sisters -- Elvis's twin sister -- Pope Joan -- Penelope -- Mrs Beast -- Demeter. |