The Map and the Clock - A Laureate's Choice of the Poetry of Britain and Ireland (Paperback)

The Map and the Clock is a celebration of the most scintillating poems ever composed on our islands.Curated by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy, and by Gillian Clarke, National Poet of Wales, this anthology gathers fourteen centuries of extraordinary verse - beginning with the first writings from the old languages of England and Ireland, Scotland and Wales, and culminating in some of our most recent poets, speaking in our present-day tongues. Many of our founding myths and legends are told here - King Arthur and Gawain, Beowulf and Mad Sweeney, the Mabinogion - as are the nursery-tales and songs we still sing today. Through these pages we witness the tragedy of European wars and world conflict; we court romance and friendship; we explore nationhood and belonging, identity and belief; and we are welcomed to a celebration of the cultural diversity of the poetries of our twenty-first century.The Map and the Clock is a stunning and essential treasury of the poems that have moulded our languages, examined our worlds, and shaped our islands through time.

General

Imprint:	Faber and Faber
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	September 2017
Editors:	Carol Ann Duffy • Gillian Clarke
Dimensions:	199 x 131 x 49mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	709
ISBN-13:	978-0-571-27709-4
Categories:	Books
LSN:	0-571-27709-8
Barcode:	9780571277094

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