Poem
Of Certain Architects, Technicians and Butchers
Title | Of Certain Architects, Technicians and Butchers |
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Author | Theo Dorgan |
Instances of Publication
A published appearance of this poem.
Collection/Anthology | Year of Publication | Medium | View Details |
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What This Earth Cost Us | 2008 | Print Collection | View Details |
Publication Instance Details #3256
Collection/Anthology Details
Collection/Anthology | What This Earth Cost Us |
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Date of Publication | 2008 |
Publisher | Dedalus Press (Ireland) |
Page Number(s) | 105 |
Publication Overview
Translation | Is Multilingual | Explicit Irish Context? | Ekphrasis | Has Paratext? | Reference to News, Media or Technology |
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Details
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Genre | Short Lyric |
Medium | Print Collection |
Notes | The allegorical title of the poem alludes to the humanist material culture as a perennial symbol of human greed and violence. The speaker assumes the boastful voice of an annihilator who lists a series of historical catastrophes from antiquity through WWII to the present. The title of the collection What the Earth Cost Us is a quote by Osip Mandelstam. |
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