Poem

The Newsreel

Title The Newsreel
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
Publication Instance Details #3021
Collection/Anthology Details
Collection/Anthology Louis MacNeice: Collected Poems
Date of Publication 2007
Publisher Faber and Faber (UK)
Page Number(s) 240-241
Publication Overview
Translation Is Multilingual Explicit Irish Context? Ekphrasis Has Paratext? Reference to News, Media or Technology
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No
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Yes
Details
Human Rights Issues
War / Genocide Referenced
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Genre Short Lyric
Medium Print Collection
Notes The narrator of this poem considers the possibility of making sense of the contemporary moment. Mention of ‘Munich’ in the poem appears to allude to the Munich Agreement of 1938.
Is bunachar beo é seo. Entries continue to be updated.