Poem

In the Field with Mangas Coloradas

Title	In the Field with Mangas Coloradas
Author	Paul Muldoon

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
Frolic and Detour	2019	Print Collection	View Details

Publication Instance Details #1553

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	Frolic and Detour
Date of Publication	2019
Publisher	Faber and Faber (UK)
Page Number(s)	25

Publication Overview

Translation	Is Multilingual	Explicit Irish Context?	Ekphrasis	Has Paratext?	Reference to News, Media or Technology
No	No	No	No	No	No

Details

Human Rights Issues	HR & Colonisation/Colonial Legacies War
War / Genocide Referenced	Genocide: Genocide of indigenous people in USA (pre 20th century)
Languages	English
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	The poem's title refers to an Apache chief, Mangas Coloradas (1793-1863), and to General James H. Carleton's campaign against the Mescalero Apache in 1863. The first-person speaker is a follower of Coloradas' who witnesses him being ambushed, but surviving the attack.

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