Poem
Georg Trackl on the Battlefield Revisited, 1993
| Title | Georg Trackl on the Battlefield Revisited, 1993 |
|---|---|
| Author | Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill |
Instances of Publication
A published appearance of this poem.
| Collection/Anthology | Year of Publication | Medium | View Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scar on the Stone: Contemporary Poetry from Bosnia | 1998 | Print Anthology | View Details |
Publication Instance Details #58
Collection/Anthology Details
| Collection/Anthology | Scar on the Stone: Contemporary Poetry from Bosnia |
|---|---|
| Date of Publication | 1998 |
| Publisher | Bloodaxe Books (England) |
| Page Number(s) | 106 |
Publication Overview
| Translation | Is Multilingual | Explicit Irish Context? | Ekphrasis | Has Paratext? | Reference to News, Media or Technology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Details
| Human Rights Issues | |
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| War / Genocide Referenced | |
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| Genre | Short Lyric |
| Medium | Print Anthology |
| Notes | The narrator of this poem is living through the siege of Sarajevo. Outside the window mortarshells fall. The reference to Georg Trakl in the poem's title is an indirect reference to World War One, and to the mental anguish that Trakl, a poet and a dispensing officer in the Medical Corps, suffered. Trakl witnessed horrendous suffering at the first major battle between Austrian and Russian at Grodeck in 1914. He subsequently committed suicide in the psychiatric ward of a military hospital in Krakow on 4th November 1914. |
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