Poem

Madoc: A Mystery

Title	Madoc: A Mystery
Author	Paul Muldoon

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
Poems 1968-1998	2001	Print Collection	View Details

Publication Instance Details #1776

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	Poems 1968-1998
Date of Publication	2001
Publisher	Faber and Faber (UK)
Page Number(s)	202-321

Publication Overview

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

Details

Human Rights Issues	HR & Colonisation/Colonial Legacies Gender-based violence Genocide Indigenous Rights (incl. culture & language) Torture
War / Genocide Referenced	Genocide: Genocide of indigenous people in USA (pre 20th century)
Irish Context	Colonization and Colonial Legacy (Ireland) HR-related International Involvement (Ireland) Specific Irish place or place-name mentioned
Languages	English
Genre	Lyric Sequence
Medium	Print Collection
Notes	Madoc is a complex and highly intertextual sequence of more than 240 poems, which addresses the wider context of the imperial project and colonisation, as well as the fate of Native American peoples. First published in Madoc: A Mystery (1990).

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