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 #3042
Collection/Anthology Details
| Collection/Anthology | Louis MacNeice: Collected Poems |
|---|---|
| Date of Publication | 2007 |
| Publisher | Faber and Faber (UK) |
| Page Number(s) | 690 |
Publication Overview
| Translation | Is Multilingual | Explicit Irish Context? | Ekphrasis | Has Paratext? | Reference to News, Media or Technology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
Details
| Human Rights Issues | |
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| Languages | |
| Genre | Short Lyric |
| Medium | Print Collection |
| Notes | This poem was included in *The Last Ditch* and published by the Cuala Press in 1940. It appears in the appendix to this collected poems. This poem appears also in *Plant and Phantom* which was published in 1941.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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