Poem

The British Museum Reading Room

Title The British Museum Reading Room
Author Louis MacNeice

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology Year of Publication Medium View Details
Louis MacNeice: Collected Poems 2007 Print Collection View Details
Louis MacNeice: Collected Poems 2007 Print Collection View Details
Publication Instance Details #3004
Collection/Anthology Details
Collection/Anthology Louis MacNeice: Collected Poems
Date of Publication 2007
Publisher Faber and Faber (UK)
Page Number(s) 172
Publication Overview
Translation Is Multilingual Explicit Irish Context? Ekphrasis Has Paratext? Reference to News, Media or Technology
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Human Rights Issues
Languages
Genre Short Lyric
Medium Print Collection
Notes The final lines of this poem describes the totem poles of the British Museum as bearing the faces of refugees, perhaps implicitly contrasting the conquest and exportation of cultural goods with the admittance of refugees into England.
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