The Owl &
the Cragrat
Edited by Marc Chrysanthou and Gordon Stainforth
Illustrated by Duncan Bourne
£5.95
Paperback 160 pages (11 March, 2004) ISBN 0-9547107-0-3
The Owl & the Cragrat is an
anthology of classic poems of English
Literature specially 'adapted' for climbers and mountaineers.
Skilfully and lovingly crafted by climbing writers, these
acts of
'creative plagiarism' encompass many dimensions of the climbing
experience - including fear, camaraderie, gear-worship,
bouldering and death. The poems range from the wickedly
humorous and slyly subversive to the achingly poignant and
mysteriously atmospheric. Had W.B. Yeats, Shakespeare,
Shelley, T.S. Eliot et al ever climbed, this is what they
might have
written. Wonderfully illustrated with 18 original drawings
by Duncan Bourne, this is a 'must' for every literature-loving
climber or mountaineer - indeed, for anyone who enjoys poetry.
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POEMS BASED ON WORKS BY THE FOLLOWING ORIGINAL AUTHORS:
HILAIRE BELLOC - WILLIAM BLAKE - RUPERT BROOKE
- ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING - ROBBIE BURNS - LORD BYRON -
LEWIS CARROLL - WILLIAM CHAUCER - JOHN CLARE - SAMUEL TAYLOR
COLERIDGE - WALTER DE LA MARE - EMILY DICKINSON -ROBERT FROST
- MARY FRYE - FELICIA HEMANS - GERARD MANLEY HOPKINS - A.E.HOUSMAN
- JOHN KEATS - RUDYARD KIPLING - EDWARD LEAR - ANDREW MARVELL
- WILFRED OWEN - EDGAR ALLAN POE - CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI
- WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE - PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY - ROBERT LOUIS
STEVENSON - ALFRED LORD TENNYSON - WILLIAM WORDSWORTH - W.B.YEATS
AND MANY OTHERS
MODERN CLIMBING AUTHORS:
NICK ALCOCK - ALISON BOND - DUNCAN BOURNE
- TOM CHAMBERLAIN - MARC CHRYSANTHOU - KATE COOPER - DAVE GARNETT
- HELEN OUGHTON - DARREN JACKSON - AMANDA JAMES - HOWARD JONES
- SIMON JONES - ANITA LAIDLAW - PAUL SAUNDERS - GORDON STAINFORTH
