Poem
Berlin Diary, 1991
| Title | Berlin Diary, 1991 | 
|---|---|
| Author | Paula Meehan | 
Instances of Publication
A published appearance of this poem.
| Collection/Anthology | Year of Publication | Medium | View Details | 
|---|---|---|---|
| As If By Magic: Selected Poems | 2020 | Print Collection | View Details | 
Publication Instance Details #3124
Collection/Anthology Details
| Collection/Anthology | As If By Magic: Selected Poems | 
|---|---|
| Date of Publication | 2020 | 
| Publisher | Dedalus Press (Ireland) | 
| Page Number(s) | n/a (Kindle edition) | 
Publication Overview
| Translation | Is Multilingual | Explicit Irish Context? | Ekphrasis | Has Paratext? | Reference to News, Media or Technology | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No   | 
                        No  | 
                        
                        Yes  | 
                        Yes  | 
                        No  | 
                        
                        No  | 
                    
Details
| Human Rights Issues | |
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| War / Genocide Referenced | |
| Irish Context | |
| Languages | |
| Genre | Part Of Lyric Sequence | 
| Medium | Print Collection | 
| Notes | The speaker visits a Berlin museum and sees a swastika on a terracotta plate, a Sumerian artefact from 3rd century BC. The association with Germany's more recent history disturbs the speaker, however. From Pillow Talk (1994). | 
                    
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