LEADER 04074oam 22005294a 450 001 9910797094903321 005 20200512212529.0 010 $a963-386-203-5 035 $a(CKB)3840000000350803 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC5217301 035 $a(OCoLC)1013822733 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse60057 035 $a(DE-B1597)633357 035 $a(DE-B1597)9789633862032 035 $a(OCoLC)1338018655 035 $a(EXLCZ)993840000000350803 100 $a20170417h20172017 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 10$aTyrants writing poetry $ethe art of language and violence /$fedited by Albrecht Koschorke and Konstantin Kaminskij 205 $aEnglish edition. 210 1$aBudapest ;$aNew York :$cCentral European University Press,$d2017. 210 4$dİ2017. 215 $a1 online resource (288 pages) 311 $a963-386-202-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tTable of Contents -- $tIntroduction -- $tContributors -- $tThe Tyrant with His Back to the Wall: Nero?s Artistic Self-Expansion -- $tBenito Mussolini: ?Babeuf ? (1902) -- $tPoetry and Tyranny: The Case of Benito Mussolini -- $tJoseph Stalin: ?Over This Land? (1895) -- $tStalin?s Writing: From the Romantic Poetry of the Future to the Socialist Realist Prose of the Past -- $tAdolf Hitler: Excerpt from Mein Kampf (1924) -- $tIdeology in Execution: On Hitler?s Mein Kampf -- $tKim Il-sung: ?Poem Dedicated to Comrade Kim Jong-il on His 50th Birthday? (1992) -- $tDead Father?s Living Body: Kim Il-sung?s Seed Theory and North Korean Arts -- $tMao Zedong: ?Snow? (1936) -- $tMao Zedong?s Poetry: Form as Statement -- $tMuammar al-Gaddafi: Excerpt from ?Escape to Hell? (1993) -- $tA Poor Despot Descends to Hell: On the Writing and Thinking Styles of Muammar al-Gaddafi -- $tSaddam Hussein: ?Unbind It? (2007) -- $tThe Principle of Single-Handed Tyranny: On Saddam Hussein?s Literary Works -- $tSaparmyrat Niyazov: ?You Are Turkmen? (2001) -- $tSaparmyrat Niyazov?s Ruhnama: The Invention of Turkmenistan -- $tRadovan Karad?i?: ?Sarajevo? (1971) -- $t?Nothing Is Forbidden in My Faith?: The Metamorphoses of Radovan Karad?i? -- $tList of Contributors 330 $aWhy 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, and provide a fascinating look at the aesthetic dimensions of total power. The essays make an important contribution to a number of fields: the study of totalitarian regimes, cultural studies, and biographies of 20th century leaders. They underscore the frequent correlation between tyrannical governance and an excessive passion for language, and demonstrate that the combination of artistic and political charisma is often effective in the quest for absolute power. 606 $aSovereignty in literature 606 $aDictators in literature 606 $aPolitics and literature 610 $aCommunism, Dictatorship, Fascism, Literature, Personality cult, Political violence, Totalitarianism. 615 0$aSovereignty in literature. 615 0$aDictators in literature. 615 0$aPolitics and literature. 676 $a809/.933581 702 $aKoschorke$b Albrecht$f1958- 702 $aKaminskij$b Konstantin 801 0$bMdBmJHUP 801 1$bMdBmJHUP 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910797094903321 996 $aTyrants writing poetry$93783273 997 $aUNINA