Poem
Shoa
| Title | Shoa |
|---|---|
| Author | Máire Mhac an tSaoi |
Instances of Publication
A published appearance of this poem.
| Collection/Anthology | Year of Publication | Medium | View Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shoa agus Dánta Eile | 1999 | Print Collection | View Details |
| An Paróiste Míorúilteach | 2011 | Print Collection | View Details |
Publication Instance Details #190
Collection/Anthology Details
| Collection/Anthology | An Paróiste Míorúilteach |
|---|---|
| Date of Publication | 2011 |
| Publisher | The O'Brien Press Ltd (Ireland) |
| Page Number(s) | 188 |
Publication Overview
| Translation | Is Multilingual | Explicit Irish Context? | Ekphrasis | Has Paratext? | Reference to News, Media or Technology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
No |
Details
| Human Rights Issues | |
|---|---|
| War / Genocide Referenced | |
| Irish Context | |
| Languages | |
| Genre | Short Lyric |
| Medium | Print Collection |
| Paratext Text | Ar fheiscint dhealbh chuimhneacháin íobairt na tine i Vienna dhom - Samhain 1988 |
| Notes | The paratext of the poem contextualizes the scene: the speaker of the poem witnesses a Jewish man grieving at a monument to the victims of the Holocaust in Vienna. The description of the Jewish man's grief is emotive, as the speaker acknowledges that, based on such events of history, it is no shame to crouch before God in grief. The poem contains a phrase from the song 'Caoineadh na Maidine'. The event referred to in the poem - in which the Jewish population of Vienna are forced to clean the streets - happened immediately after the Anschluss between Germany and Austria in 1938. |
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