Graham Dunstan Martin

Graham Dunstan Martin (21 October 1932, Leeds – 27 March 2021)^[1][2] was a British author, translator, and philologist.

Graham Dunstan Martin
Born	(1932-10-21)21 October 1932 Leeds
Died	27 March 2021(2021-03-27) (aged 88)
Occupation	Author

Martin was an opponent of materialist philosophy. He was the author of Does It Matter?: The Unsustainable World of the Materialists which gravitates towards idealism and neutral monism as an alternative.^[3] He also authored Living On Purpose: Meaning, Intention and Value which argued for purpose and value in the universe.^[4]

Selected publications

Fiction

• Giftwish (Drew, 1978) ISBN 978-0-04-823175-8^[5]
• Catchfire (Drew, 1981) ISBN 978-0-395-31861-4^[5]
• The Soul Master (Unwin, 1984) ISBN 978-0-04-827094-8^[5]
• Time-Slip (Unwin, 1986)^[1] OCLC 761227833
• The Dream Wall (Unwin Hyman, 1987)^[1] ISBN 9780048233370
• Half a Glass of Moonshine (Unwin Hyman, 1988)^[1] ISBN 9780044400301

Non-fiction

• Shadows in the Cave: Mapping the Conscious Universe (London: Penguin Arkana, 1990)^[1] ISBN 9780140192230
• An Inquiry into the Purposes of Speculative Fiction – Fantasy and Truth (Lewiston, New York: The Edwin Mellen Press, 2003)^[1] ISBN 9780773467354
• Living on Purpose: Meaning, Intention and Value (Floris, 2008) ISBN 9780863156328
• Does It Matter?: The Unsustainable World of the Materialists. Edinburgh: Floris, 2005. ISBN 9780863155338
• Language Truth and Poetry: Notes Towards a Philosophy of Literature. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1975. OCLC 1014865378
• The Architecture of Experience: A Discussion of the Role of Language and Literature in the Construction of the World. Edinburgh: At the University Press, 1981. ISBN 9780852244098

Edited

• Anthology of Contemporary French Poetry. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1975. OCLC 1470077

Translated

• Paul Valéry. The Graveyard by the Sea. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1971. OCLC 504527110
• Louise Labé, pseud. Charly van Louise , Sonnets. With Introduction and Commentaries by Peter Sharratt. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 1974. ISBN 9780852242360
• Jules Laforgue, Selected Poems. London, England: Penguin Books, 1998. ISBN 9780140436266