Poem
Leide Beag
| Title | Leide Beag |
|---|---|
| Author | Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill |
Instances of Publication
A published appearance of this poem.
| Collection/Anthology | Year of Publication | Medium | View Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cead Aighnis | 1998 | Print Collection | View Details |
| Feis agus Cead Aighnis | 2015 | Print Collection | View Details |
| The Fifty Minute Mermaid | 2007 | Print Collection | View Details |
Publication Instance Details #741
Collection/Anthology Details
| Collection/Anthology | Feis agus Cead Aighnis |
|---|---|
| Date of Publication | 2015 |
| Publisher | Cló Iar-Chonnachta (Ireland) |
| Page Number(s) | 336 |
Publication Overview
| Translation | Is Multilingual | Explicit Irish Context? | Ekphrasis | Has Paratext? | Reference to News, Media or Technology |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No |
No |
Yes |
No |
No |
No |
Details
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| Irish Context | |
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| Genre | Part Of Lyric Sequence |
| Medium | Print Collection |
| Notes | This sequence of poems, 'Na Murúcha a Thriomnaigh', makes use of the international folk tale of the mermaid to construct an allegorical world in which the merpeople have left the water and now live uneasily among humankind on land. The mermaid's attempts to hide her origins and to assimilate are the focus of this poem. The scene is that of the mermaid mother singing a lullaby to her child. The Great Famine and Irish cultural loss are understood to be implicit in this sequence of poems, but other displaced populations could also be imagined. |
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