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Tyrants writing poetry / edited by Albrecht Koschorke and Konstantin Kaminskij.

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Book
Contributor:
Koschorke, Albrecht, 1958- editor.
Kaminskij, Konstantin, editor.
Project Muse.
Language:
English
German
Subjects (All):
Politics and literature.
Dictators in literature.
Sovereignty in literature.
Physical Description:
1 online resource
Place of Publication:
Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2017.
Language Note:
Translation of: Despoten dichten: Sprachkunst und Gewalt
System Details:
text file
Contents:
The Tyrant with His Back to the Wall: Nero's Artistic Self-Expansion / Ulrich Gotter Gotter, Ulrich 1
Benito Mussolini: "Babeuf" (1902) 36
Poetry and Tyranny: The Case of Benito Mussolini / Richard James Boon Bosworth Bosworth, Richard James Boon 37
Joseph Stalin: "Over This Land" (1895) 60
Stalin's Writing: From the Romantic Poetry of the Future to the Socialist Realist Prose of the Past / Evgeny Dobrenko Dobrenko, Evgeny 61
Adolf Hitler: Excerpt from Mein Kampf(1924) 130
Ideology in Execution: On Hitler's Mein Kampf / Albrecht Koschorke Koschorke, Albrecht 131
Kim Il-Sung: "Poem Dedicated to Comrade Kim Jong-il on His 50th Birthday" (1992) 156
Dead Father's Living Body: Kim Il-sung's Seed Theory and North Korean Arts / Suk-Young Kim Kim, Suk-Young 157
Mao Zedong: "Snow" (1936) 168
Mao Zedong's Poetry: Form as Statement / Karl-Heinz Pohl Pohl, Karl-Heinz 169
Muammar al-Gaddafi: Excerpt from "Escape to Hell" (1993) 188
A Poor Despot Descends to Hell: On the Writing and Thinking Styles of Muammar al-Gaddafi / Heiner Lohmann Lohmann, Heiner 189
Saddam Hussein: "Unbind It" (2007) 218
The Principle of Single-Handed Tyranny: On Saddam Hussein's Literary Works / Burkhard Müller Müller, Burkhard 219
Saparmyrat Niyazov: "You Are Turkmen" (2001) 232
Saparmyrat Niyazov's Ruhnama: The Invention of Turkmenistan / Riccardo Nicolosl Nicolosl, Riccardo 233
Radovan Karadzic: "Sarajevo" (1971) 250
"Nothing Is Forbidden in My Faith": The Metamorphoses of Radovan Karadzic / Slavoj Zizek Zizek, Slavoj 251.
Notes:
Includes index.
Electronic reproduction. Baltimore, MD Available via World Wide Web.
Description based on print version record.
Other Format:
Online version: Tyrants writing poetry
ISBN:
9789633862032
9633862035
Publisher Number:
40027794865
Access Restriction:
Restricted for use by site license.

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