{"product_id":"marratide-by-william-martin-9781780377469","title":"Marratide","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWilliam Martin (1925-2010) was a poet of extraordinary vision and musicality.\u003c\/strong\u003e Thoroughly grounded in his native North-East England, its pit communities and industry, his song-like poems nevertheless traverse a vast geographical and historical landscape. They range from deep Celtic and Anglo-Saxon sources to the mythology and sacred sites of India, via a passionate political engagement that never limits song to mere rhetoric. He also drew on children's games, ballads, and street songs in poems showing both political anger and a wider concern for a society losing its common ground, its rituals, and rites of passage.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eMarratide: Selected Poems\u003c\/em\u003e brings together poems from William Martin's four collections: \u003cem\u003eCracknrigg\u003c\/em\u003e (1983) and \u003cem\u003eHinny Beata\u003c\/em\u003e (1987) from Taxus Press; and \u003cem\u003eMarra Familia\u003c\/em\u003e (1993) and \u003cem\u003eLammas Alanna\u003c\/em\u003e (2000), from Bloodaxe Books. Two comprehensive introductory essays by editors Peter Armstrong and Jake Morris-Campbell discuss the life and poetry of William Martin in this edition published to celebrate his centenary.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA QR code printed in the book links to archive audio recordings of poems read (and sung) by William Martin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47471107932396,"sku":"9781780377469","price":46.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781780377469-marratide.jpg?v=1775234443","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/marratide-by-william-martin-9781780377469","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}