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Tyrants writing poetry /
Why do tyrants - of all people - often have poetic aspirations? Where do terror and prose meet? This book contains nine case studies that compare the cultural history of totalitarian regimes. The essays focus not on the arts, literature or architecture but on the phenomenon that many of history'...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English German |
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Budapest ; New York :
Central European University Press,
2017.
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| Edition: | English edition. |
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| Online Access: |
Full text (Wentworth users only) |
| Local Note: | ProQuest Ebook Central |
| Summary: | Why do tyrants - of all people - often have poetic aspirations? Where do terror and prose meet? This book contains nine case studies that compare the cultural history of totalitarian regimes. The essays focus not on the arts, literature or architecture but on the phenomenon that many of history's great despots considered themselves talented writers. By studying the artistic ambitions of Nero, Mussolini, Stalin, Hitler, Mao Zedong, Kim Il-sung, Gaddafi, Saddam Hussein, Saparmurat Niyazov and Radovan Karadzic, the authors explore the complicated relationship between poetry and political violence. |
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| Item Description: | Translation of: Despoten dichten: Sprachkunst und Gewalt. Translated from the German. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxii, 263 pages) |
| ISBN: | 9789633862032 9633862035 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 05, 2018). |