Poem

One of These Nights

Title	One of These Nights
Author	Derek Mahon

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
New Collected Poems	2011	Print Collection	View Details

Publication Instance Details #1929

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	New Collected Poems
Date of Publication	2011
Publisher	The Gallery Press (Ireland)
Page Number(s)	119-120

Publication Overview

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

Details

Human Rights Issues	War Racism/anti-Semitism/Sectarianism
War / Genocide Referenced	War: Second World War
Irish Context	Specific Irish place or place-name mentioned WW II (Ireland)
Languages	English
Genre	Short Lyric
Medium	Print Collection
Paratext Text	(for Fleur Fitzgerald)
Notes	First published in "The Hunt by Night" (1982). Set in London though also mentions locations in Ireland. Imagines air raids during WWII ("the blitz") and instances of racism in the news.

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