Poem

Lorca agus na Léinte

Title Lorca agus na Léinte
Author Alan Titley

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology Year of Publication Medium View Details
Rabhadh: Dánta  2013 Print Collection View Details
Publication Instance Details #88
Collection/Anthology Details
Collection/Anthology Rabhadh: Dánta 
Date of Publication 2013
Publisher Coiscéim (Ireland)
Page Number(s) 93-95
Publication Overview
Translation Is Multilingual Explicit Irish Context? Ekphrasis Has Paratext? Reference to News, Media or Technology
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Details
Human Rights Issues
War / Genocide Referenced
Irish Context
Languages
Genre Short Lyric
Medium Print Collection
Notes This elegy to Federico García Lorca concludes with two stanzas that describe his assassination by Nationalist forces in Spain, during the Spanish Civil War. Explicit reference is made to Lorca's homosexuality and to the authorities' abhorrence of it.
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