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

Format:

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

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Restricted for use by site license.