Poem

Locarno Two

Title	Locarno Two
Author	Tom Paulin

Instances of Publication

A published appearance of this poem.

Collection/Anthology	Year of Publication	Medium	View Details
The Invasion Handbook	2002	Print Collection	View Details

Publication Instance Details #3148

Collection/Anthology Details

Collection/Anthology	The Invasion Handbook
Date of Publication	2002
Publisher	Faber and Faber (UK)
Page Number(s)	42-58

Publication Overview

Translation	Is Multilingual	Explicit Irish Context?	Ekphrasis	Has Paratext?	Reference to News, Media or Technology
No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes

Details

Human Rights Issues	War Democracy/elections/public participation Other
War / Genocide Referenced	War: First World War War: Russian Civil War
Irish Context	Political Independence (Ireland) Irish Language/Culture Other Specific Irish place or place-name mentioned
Languages	English
Genre	Long (narrative) Poem
Medium	Print Collection
Paratext Text	6 December 1917
Notes	Another poem focusing on the treaty of Locarno after the First World War, but dated for 6 December 1917, the aftermath of the Russian Revolution. While there's no explicit reference to Finland, a number of the poem's lines reiterate the imagery and phrasing of "Trotsky in Finland" (including the "Swiss" seeming snowy landscapes), and the poem's date is also the date when Finland declared it's independence from Russia, benefiting from the aftermath of the communist revolution - Paulin would have been well aware of this. Furthermore, the date also marks the signing of the Anglo-Irish Treaty. Also Jewish history acknowledged, including in repeated references to Joyce's Ulysses.

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