{"product_id":"9780571277094","title":"The Map and the Clock : A Laureate's Choice of the Poetry of Britain and Ireland","description":"\u003cp\u003e Author(s): Clarke, Gillian, Duffy, Carol Ann \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Paperback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 05\/10\/2017,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 736 pages,\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780571277094,\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Map and the Clock is a celebration of the most scintillating poems ever composed on our islands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCurated 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Griffin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43697924997164,"sku":"9780571277094","price":14.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0379\/1365\/7388\/files\/9780571277094.jpg?v=1722607286","url":"https:\/\/www.griffinbooksonline.co.uk\/products\/9780571277094","provider":"Griffin Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}