The Burning Perch
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The Burning Perch is a posthumously published 1963 poetry collection by Louis MacNeice that reflects his late style of lyrical, reflective, and often darkly ironic verse.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| The Burning Perch canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
book
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poetry collection ⓘ |
| author | Louis MacNeice NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| criticalReception |
noted for its dark wit and irony
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regarded as one of Louis MacNeice's strongest late collections ⓘ |
| dateOfAuthorDeathRelated | Louis MacNeice died in 1963 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathOfAuthorBeforePublication | true ⓘ |
| follows | Solstices NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | poetry ⓘ |
| hasForm |
dramatic monologue
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lyric poetry ⓘ narrative poem ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceFrom |
Cold War atmosphere
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World War II experience of Louis MacNeice ⓘ |
| hasLiteraryStyle |
darkly ironic
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lyrical ⓘ reflective ⓘ |
| hasPoem |
Charon
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Soap Suds NERFINISHED ⓘ The Burning Perch (title poem) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Introduction NERFINISHED ⓘ The Other Wing NERFINISHED ⓘ The Suicide NERFINISHED ⓘ The Taxis NERFINISHED ⓘ The Tortoise NERFINISHED ⓘ The Truisms NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSubjectMatter |
myth and classical allusion
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ordinary life under threat ⓘ political unease ⓘ urban life ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
death
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memory ⓘ modern anxiety ⓘ mortality ⓘ time ⓘ war and its aftermath ⓘ |
| hasTone |
ironic
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melancholic ⓘ reflective ⓘ |
| isPosthumous | true ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Louis MacNeice's late poetry ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1963 ⓘ |
| publisher | Faber and Faber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reflectsPeriodOfCareer | late style of Louis MacNeice ⓘ |
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