Autumn Journal
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Autumn Journal is a long, reflective poem by Louis MacNeice that blends personal experience with political and social commentary on the tense pre–World War II period.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Autumn Journal canonical | 2 |
Statements (51)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
long poem
ⓘ
modernist poem ⓘ poem ⓘ |
| author | Louis MacNeice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| compositionPeriod | 1938 ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| form | free verse ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiographical poem
ⓘ
didactic poem ⓘ political poem ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
Irish identity
ⓘ
everyday life under threat of war ⓘ failure of liberalism ⓘ individual versus society ⓘ love and loss ⓘ memory and time ⓘ political disillusionment ⓘ responsibility of the intellectual ⓘ uncertainty before war ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
T. S. Eliot
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
W. H. Auden NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | Modernism ⓘ |
| narrativeVoice | first person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
blend of personal and political reflection
ⓘ
contemporaneous response to events of 1938 ⓘ |
| numberOfSections | 24 ⓘ |
| partOf | 20th-century English literature ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1939 ⓘ |
| publisher | Faber and Faber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setIn |
Belfast
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
London NERFINISHED ⓘ Oxford NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingTime | autumn 1938 ⓘ |
| structure | sequence of cantos ⓘ |
| style |
conversational
ⓘ
discursive ⓘ fragmentary ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
Irish politics
ⓘ
Munich Agreement NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ personal experience ⓘ personal relationships ⓘ political commentary ⓘ pre–World War II Europe ⓘ rise of fascism ⓘ social commentary ⓘ urban life in London ⓘ |
| tone |
anxious
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ironic ⓘ reflective ⓘ |
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