The Map and the Clock

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<p><i>The Map and the Clock </i>is a celebration of the most scintillating poems ever composed on our islands.<br><br>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. <br><br>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.<br><br><i>The Map and the Clock </i>is a stunning and essential treasury o