About the Book: Standing Female Nude
The first collection by Carol Ann Duffy, originally published in 1985.
Carol Ann Duffys outstanding first collection, Standing Female Nude, introduced
readers to all they would come to love about her poetry. From lovers to wives to
war photographers, the poems it contains range from the delicately poignant to
the fiercely political, exploring memory, gender, childhood and place. Within it
are also some of her best-known poems, including Education for Leisure, as well
as, of course, the poem from which the collection takes its title.
First published in 1985 to widespread critical acclaim, Standing Female Nude is
a work of