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Martial Art
By Brendan Kennelly
Martial ArtBrendan Kennelly

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The Roman satirist Martial is brought up to date by a partner in mischief in Kennelly's Martial Art. In brief punchy poems he tries to define happiness, with candour and playful compassion. Kennelly's Martial is a sharp, visionary writer: savagely attentive and bitingly articulate.

£7.95  Paperback 
1 85224 621 9.  96pp. 2003. 
£14.95  Cloth 
1 85224 627 8.  96pp. 2003. 



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Other books by Brendan Kennelly:
A Time for Voices
Antigone
Begin
Blood Wedding
Breathing Spaces
Cromwell
Dark Fathers into Light
Dublines
Familiar Strangers
Glimpses
Journey into Joy
Medea
Now
Poetry My Arse
Reservoir Voices
The Book of Judas
The Heavy Bear Who Goes with Me
The Little Book of Judas
The Man Made of Rain
The Poetry Quartets 4
The Trojan Women
When Then is Now

 
 
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