Context - On Her Blindness

Content
Leaderboard

Created by

Charlie Owens

Cards (6)

The poem 'On Her Blindness' was written by Adam Thorpe
The poem 'On Her Blindness' tells the true story of Thorpe's mother's disability and death
The poem 'On Her Blindness', besides memorializing Thorpe's mother's bravery and pain, records Thorpe's anger at a world that doesn't know how to cope with a loss as great as blindness
In the UK, the Royal National Institute for the Blind successfully demanded that political parties offer their manifestos in braille and audio forms - but only as recently as 1991
In the United States, the Americans with Disabilities Act (which introduced anti-discrimination laws protecting people with handicaps) went into effect in 1990
The Disability Discrimination Act became UK law in 1995 (later the Equality Act of 2010), to criminalise ableism and target those who exhibited discriminatory behaviour towards marginalised disabled people

See similar decks

3.1 Post-2000 Specified Poetry
Edexcel A-Level English Literature > Component 3: Poetry
108 cards
Poetry:
AQA A-Level English Literature > Unit 3.2: Texts in shared contexts > 3.2.1 Option 2A: WW1 and its aftermath > Study three texts: one prose, one poetry, and one drama text, at least one of which must be written post-2000.
57 cards
Poetry:
AQA A-Level English Literature > Unit 3.2: Texts in shared contexts > 3.2.2 Option 2B: Modern times: literature from 1945 to the present day > Study three texts: one prose, one poetry, and one drama text, at least one of which must be written post-2000.
45 cards
Poetry:
AQA A-Level English Literature > Unit 3.1: Love through the ages > 3.1.2 Chosen comparative set texts: poetry and prose > Study two texts from the following list: one poetry and one prose text, one of which must be written pre-1900.
No cards
3.4.3 Poetry
AP French Language and Culture > Unit 3: Influences of Beauty and Art > 3.4 Literature and Poetry
104 cards
3.2 Specified Poetry Pre- or Post-1900
Edexcel A-Level English Literature > Component 3: Poetry
36 cards
5. Unseen Poetry
AQA GCSE English Literature > Paper 2: Modern Texts and Poetry
149 cards
5. Unseen Poetry
GCSE English Literature > Paper 2: Modern Texts and Poetry
178 cards
Study three texts: one prose, one poetry, and one drama text, at least one of which must be written post-2000.
AQA A-Level English Literature > Unit 3.2: Texts in shared contexts > 3.2.1 Option 2A: WW1 and its aftermath
209 cards
Study three texts: one prose, one poetry, and one drama text, at least one of which must be written post-2000.
AQA A-Level English Literature > Unit 3.2: Texts in shared contexts > 3.2.2 Option 2B: Modern times: literature from 1945 to the present day
45 cards
3.1.1 Study of a Specified Contemporary Poetry Collection
Edexcel A-Level English Literature > Component 3: Poetry > 3.1 Post-2000 Specified Poetry
108 cards
4. Poetry Anthology
AQA GCSE English Literature > Paper 2: Modern Texts and Poetry
289 cards
4. Poetry Anthology
GCSE English Literature > Paper 2: Modern Texts and Poetry
192 cards
3.3 Unseen Poetry
Edexcel A-Level English Literature > Component 3: Poetry
116 cards
Component 3: Poetry
Edexcel A-Level English Literature
260 cards
4.1 Studying the 'Worlds and Lives' Poetry Cluster
GCSE English Literature > Paper 2: Modern Texts and Poetry > 4. Poetry Anthology
44 cards
5. Unseen Poetry
Edexcel GCSE English Literature > Paper 2: 19th-Century Novel and Poetry Since 1789
96 cards
4. Poetry Since 1789
Edexcel GCSE English Literature > Paper 2: 19th-Century Novel and Poetry Since 1789
242 cards
3.4 Literature and Poetry
AP French Language and Culture > Unit 3: Influences of Beauty and Art
216 cards
Unit 5: Poetry II
AP English Literature and Composition
396 cards
Unit 2: Poetry I
AP English Literature and Composition
382 cards

Context - On Her Blindness

Cards (6)

3.1 Post-2000 Specified Poetry

Poetry:

Poetry:

Poetry:

3.4.3 Poetry

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.

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

3.1.1 Study of a Specified Contemporary Poetry Collection

4. Poetry Anthology

4. Poetry Anthology

3.3 Unseen Poetry

Component 3: Poetry

4.1 Studying the 'Worlds and Lives' Poetry Cluster

5. Unseen Poetry

4. Poetry Since 1789

3.4 Literature and Poetry

Unit 5: Poetry II

Unit 2: Poetry I