{"title":"Andrew Motion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAndrew Motion\u003c\/strong\u003e brings a distinguished voice to contemporary poetry, blending emotional depth with classical form. His works, such as \u003cem\u003ePoetry by Heart\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Penguin Book of Elegy\u003c\/em\u003e, explore themes of loss, memory, and the human experience with keen sensitivity and lyrical elegance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders drawn to the arts and culture will find Motion’s collections to be thoughtful meditations that resonate beyond the page. His poetry invites reflection and connects personal moments with universal truths, offering a rich literary experience.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"the-penguin-book-of-elegy-by-prof-stephen-regan-9780241269626","title":"The Penguin Book of Elegy","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe comprehensive guide to a deeply human tradition of memory, mourning and consolation.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eElegy is among the world's oldest forms of literature. Born in Ancient Greece, practised by the Romans, revitalised by the poets of the Renaissance and continuing down to the present day, it speaks eloquently and affectingly of the experience of loss and the yearning for consolation. It gives shape and meaning to memories too painful to contemplate, and answers our desire to fix in words what would otherwise slip our grasp.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Penguin Book of Elegy\u003c\/em\u003e, Andrew Motion and Stephen Regan trace the history of this tradition, from its Classical roots in the work of Theocritus, Virgil and Ovid down to modern compositions exploring personal tragedy and collective grief by such celebrated voices of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries as Dylan Thomas, Elizabeth Bishop, Terrance Hayes and Alice Oswald.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe only comprehensive anthology of its kind in the English language, \u003cem\u003eThe Penguin Book of Elegy\u003c\/em\u003e is a profound and moving compendium of the fundamentally human urges to remember and honour the dead, and to give comfort to those who survive them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47371561435372,"sku":"9780241269626","price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/24495593482273.jpg?v=1773229268"},{"product_id":"poetry-by-heart-by-andrew-motion-9780241275979","title":"Poetry by Heart","description":"Poetry moves us when we read it but when we say or hear the words aloud it can be spellbinding. From Geoffrey Chaucer to Emily Dickinson, Emily Bronte to Benjamin Zephaniah, the poems included in this treasury have been chosen because they delight the ear as much as they do the mind.\n\nFamiliar poems and almost unknown poems. Love poems and war poems. Funny poems and heartbroken poems. Poems that re-create the world we know and poems written on the dark side of the moon. \nPoetry by Heart is an essential collection of over 200 poems, from Geoffrey Chaucer to Emily Dickinson, from Christina Rossetti to Benjamin Zephaniah, all carefully chosen for their suitability for learning and reciting. This is an anthology which celebrates the age-old pleasure of reciting poems - an anthology for all ages to treasure.","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47406338932972,"sku":"9780241275979","price":38.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/61oWN2h16EL._SL1500.jpg?v=1773962961"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.live\/collections\/andrew-motion.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}