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The Map and the Clock Author: Gillian Clarke

ISBN: 9780571277070 Format: Hardcover Number Of Pages: 736 Published: 26 October 2016 Country of Publication: GB Dimensions (cm): 23.4 x 15.3 x 4.3 Description: An anthology of essential poems, taken from across the centuries, edited by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy and Gillian Clarke, the National Poet of Wales.

Curated by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy and Gillian Clarke, the National Poet of Wales, this new anthology gathers from centuries of essential poems. The editors have drawn on the rich languages of these islands, starting with the very first poets whose names we know - Taliesin and Aneirin, who composed in Welsh and Old Brythoneg in what is now Scotland - 'to begin at the beginning', to explore the poetry of Ireland and the British Isles in order to tell our story across the ages in this beautiful, vital treasury.

About the Author

Gillian Clarke is president of Ty Newydd, the writers´ centre in North Wales which she co-founded in 1990. Her poetry is studied by GCSE and A Level students throughout Britain, and her work has been translated into ten languages.

Carol Ann Duffy was born in Glasgow and grew up in Stafford. She won the 1993 Whitbread Award for Poetry and the Forward Prize for Best Collec...

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