{"title":"Penelope Shuttle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePenelope Shuttle\u003c\/strong\u003e crafts works that weave together the textures of memory, place, and personal history, often drawing deeply from the natural world. Her writing in \u003cem\u003eLyonesse\u003c\/em\u003e and other titles offers a rich blend of poetry and narrative that invites reflection on human experience through a lyrical lens.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders interested in Arts \u0026amp; Culture will find in her books a thoughtful exploration of identity and creativity, expressed with a keen sensitivity to language and form. Shuttle’s work encourages a contemplative engagement with both the external and internal landscapes we inhabit.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"lyonesse-by-penelope-shuttle-9781780375540","title":"Lyonesse","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe submerged land of \u003cem\u003eLyonesse\u003c\/em\u003e was once part of Cornwall, according to myth and the oral tradition, standing for a lost paradise in Arthurian legend, but now an emblem of human frailty in the face of climate change. There was indeed a Bronze Age inundation event which swept the entire west of Cornwall under the sea, with only the Scilly Isles and St Michael's Mount left as remnants above sea-level. \u003cem\u003eLyonesse\u003c\/em\u003e was also Thomas Hardy's name for Cornwall where Penelope Shuttle has lived all her adult life, always fascinated by the stories and symbolic presence of \u003cem\u003eLyonesse\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAfter seeing the Scilly Isles from a small plane at a low altitude flying over the Wolf Lighthouse and then visiting the recent Sunken Cities exhibition at the British Museum, imagination and memory played their part in joining the \u003cem\u003eLyonesse\u003c\/em\u003e dots together for her, prompting what she calls 'a spontaneous inundation of approaches to the theme, images, soundings of \u003cem\u003eLyonesse\u003c\/em\u003e'. As she writes in a preface to this book: 'The universality of loss, both of physical cities and of the human experience erased from the record, enhanced the resource of \u003cem\u003eLyonesse\u003c\/em\u003e in my writing. \u003cem\u003eLyonesse\u003c\/em\u003e is a place of paradox. It is real, had historical existence. It is also an imaginary region for exploring depths. It holds grief for many kinds of loss... The poems seek re-wilding of a city where human loss interconnects with mythic loss; myth is rooted in the real.'\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe second part of this book, \u003cem\u003eNew Lamps for Old\u003c\/em\u003e, is a collection of poems she needed to write in coming up for air from the watery depths of \u003cem\u003eLyonesse\u003c\/em\u003e, to find ways to begin again, to find meaning in life after bereavement. The 'old lamps' of a former life have been extinguished, leaving darkness. Her challenge was to find 'new lamps' to illuminate and give meaning to life. \u003cem\u003eLyonesse\u003c\/em\u003e is a fluid magical world. The poems of \u003cem\u003eNew Lamps for Old\u003c\/em\u003e are concerned with earth, air and fire. Both collections share allegiance with the fifth element, the spirit.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47425058341100,"sku":"9781780375540","price":39.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781780375540.jpg?v=1774768244"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/penelope-shuttle.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}