{"product_id":"9781787332218-rhapsody","title":"Rhapsody","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA Manifesto\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA daring, genre-defying work of non-fiction from one of our greatest poets\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlice Oswald goes in search of poetry in its original, wildest form – before it was written down, before it belonged to a single voice – and finds it still speaking all around us.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat begins as an attempt to ‘interview’ Homer becomes a wide-ranging exploration of an anonymous tradition that exists beyond authorship, spanning a world of singers, storytellers, mourners and listeners, of nightingales, grasshoppers and rivers.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eZigzagging through ballads, riddles, pibrochs, drama, interviews, artificial intelligence and sonnets, \u003ci\u003eRhapsody\u003c\/i\u003e is a restless, miraculous exploration of poetry in its most vital form, and a resounding manifesto for the oral tradition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt once intimate and expansive, Oswald invites us to listen to the voices that shape us, and to recognise poetry not as a solitary, written art, but as a communal, essential human inheritance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56915667452278,"sku":"9781787332218","price":16.62,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781787332218-rhapsody","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}