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.

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Autumn Journal canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf long poem ⓘ
modernist poem ⓘ
poem ⓘ
author Louis MacNeice ⓘ
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 ⓘ
W. H. Auden ⓘ
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 ⓘ
setIn Belfast ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England

Oxford ⓘ
settingTime autumn 1938 ⓘ
structure sequence of cantos ⓘ
style conversational ⓘ
discursive ⓘ
fragmentary ⓘ
subjectMatter Irish politics ⓘ
Munich Agreement ⓘ
Spanish Civil War ⓘ
personal experience ⓘ
personal relationships ⓘ
political commentary ⓘ
pre–World War II Europe ⓘ
rise of fascism ⓘ
social commentary ⓘ
urban life in London ⓘ
tone anxious ⓘ
ironic ⓘ
reflective ⓘ

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Louis MacNeice → notableWork → Autumn Journal ⓘ
Letters from Iceland → relatedWork → Autumn Journal ⓘ