Context - The Lammas Hireling

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'The Lammas Hireling' doesn't specify when it is set, but it certainly feels like a fairly distant past, a time in Britain and Ireland when belief in witches and the supernatural held greater control over the population
The poet of 'The Lammas Hireling' is Ian Duhig
Lammas Day is a festival which marks the annual wheat harvest and is celebrated on the 1st August every year
Witchcraft was a dominant belief in England and was officially deemed as an offence in 1563
From the late 15th century to the mid-1700's around 200,000 supposed witches were killed or tortured
'The Lammas Hireling' explores themes of Homosexuality (sin in the Catholic Church), Duhig could be attacking the Catholic Church as Pope Francis (2017) acknowledged that the Vatican had a backlog of 2000 sex abuse cases (inspired films such as 'Spotlight')

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Context - The Lammas Hireling

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3.1 Post-2000 Specified Poetry

Poetry:

Poetry:

Poetry:

3.4.3 Poetry

Study three texts: one prose, one poetry, and one drama text, at least one of which must be written post-2000.

3.2 Specified Poetry Pre- or Post-1900

5. Unseen Poetry

5. Unseen Poetry

Study three texts: one prose, one poetry, and one drama text, at least one of which must be written post-2000.

5. Unseen Poetry

4. Poetry Anthology

4. Poetry Anthology

3.3 Unseen Poetry

3.1.1 Study of a Specified Contemporary Poetry Collection

Unit 5: Poetry II

Unit 2: Poetry I

3.4 Literature and Poetry

Component 3: Poetry

Paper 2: Modern Texts and Poetry

4. Poetry Since 1789