The poet Patrick Kavanagh pays tribute to President Kennedy in the RTV Guide.
The poet Patrick Kavanagh wrote this tribute to President Kennedy a week after he died. It was published in his weekly column in the RTV Guide on 6 December 1963.
The murdered king of the title is President Kennedy because Kavanagh regards him as a king in the Shakespearean sense of the word. He writes that "Mr Kennedy’s period of office is the only one I can think of, unless one goes back to Charlemagne or the Roman Emperor, Marcus Aurelius, in which imagination, intelligence, virtue and man of letters ruled".
Title: |
The Murdered King by Patrick Kavanagh |
Material Type: |
Document |
Clip Title: |
"Intelligence, virtue and man of letters ruled" |
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'The RTV Guide' provided listings of television and radio programmes. The first edition was published on 1 December 1961. In July 1966 the magazine changed name to become 'The RTÉ Guide' and is still published on a weekly basis. The poet Patrick Kavanagh wrote a weekly column for the magazine from 1963 until his death in 1967. |
Local Keywords: |
President Kennedy, John F. Kennedy, JFK, RTV Guide |
Coverage: |
Ireland |
Topic: |
Politics and Economics |
Contributor(s): |
Patrick Kavanagh (Writer) |
Publisher: |
RTÉ |
Production Year: |
1963 |
Country of Production: |
Ireland |
Original Identifier: |
RTVGuide |
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Rights Reserved - Free Access |
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part/extract |
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Black and White |
Language: |
English (eng) |
Original Language: |
English (eng) |
