Poem

The Humours of Hakone

Title The Humours of Hakone
Author Paul Muldoon

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology Year of Publication Medium View Details
Maggot 2011 Print Collection View Details
Publication Instance Details #1810
Collection/Anthology Details
Collection/Anthology Maggot
Date of Publication 2011
Publisher Faber and Faber (UK)
Page Number(s) 63-71
Publication Overview
Translation Is Multilingual Explicit Irish Context? Ekphrasis Has Paratext? Reference to News, Media or Technology
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Human Rights Issues
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Genre Lyric Sequence
Medium Print Collection
Notes This sequence focuses on the forensic examination of a Japanese female, apparently murdered, with strong emphasis on technical and graphic description of the decomposed body of the victim of extreme violence. There is an ambiguous conflation of the female body and the poem in the text.
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