Poem
Red Square
| Title | Red Square |
|---|---|
| Author | Theo Dorgan |
Instances of Publication
A published appearance of this poem.
| Collection/Anthology | Year of Publication | Medium | View Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| What This Earth Cost Us | 2008 | Print Collection | View Details |
Publication Instance Details #3255
Collection/Anthology Details
| Collection/Anthology | What This Earth Cost Us |
|---|---|
| Date of Publication | 2008 |
| Publisher | Dedalus Press (Ireland) |
| Page Number(s) | 104 |
Publication Overview
| Translation | Is Multilingual | Explicit Irish Context? | Ekphrasis | Has Paratext? | Reference to News, Media or Technology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Details
| Human Rights Issues | |
|---|---|
| War / Genocide Referenced | |
| Languages | |
| Genre | Short Lyric |
| Medium | Print Collection |
| Notes | The speaker recounts a Soviet history of violence while standing at the Red Square, a landmark monument of Russian history and culture. References to past and present, Lenin and imminent political changes captured in the concluding line, frame the politics of first President of Russia Boris Yeltsin. The title of the collection What the Earth Cost Us is a quote by Osip Mandelstam. |
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