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- ISBN: 9781627793421
- ISBN: 1627793429
- Physical Description: xvi, 379 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Henry Holt and Company, 2018.
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| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages ... Read More |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction: Tradition and the individual tyrant ... Read More |
| Summary, etc.: | "A harrowing tour of 'dictator literature' in the ... Read More |
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| Subject: | Dictators as authors > History. Revolutionary literature > Authorship. Dictators as authors > History. Revolutionary literature > Authorship. Dictatorships > History. |
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| 245 | 1 | 4. | ‡aThe infernal library : ‡bon dictators, the books they wrote, and other catastrophes of literacy / ‡cDaniel Kalder. |
| 250 | . | ‡aFirst edition. | |
| 264 | 1. | ‡aNew York : ‡bHenry Holt and Company, ‡c2018. | |
| 300 | . | ‡axvi, 379 pages : ‡billustrations ; ‡c24 cm | |
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| 504 | . | ‡aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 355-364) and index. | |
| 505 | 0 | . | ‡aIntroduction: Tradition and the individual tyrant -- Phase I: The dictator's canon -- Lenin -- Stalin -- Mussolini -- Hitler -- Mao -- Phase II: Tyranny and mutation -- Small demons -- Catholic action -- Disembraining machines -- Eastern approaches -- Dead letters -- Another green world -- Phase III: Dissolution and madness -- Midnight in the garden of ultraboredom -- North Korea: the metafictions of Kim Jong-il -- Cuba: Castro's maximum verbiage -- Iraq: the historical romances of Saddam Hussein -- Post-Soviet: Comrade Zoroaster -- Turkmenistan: post-everything -- Phase IV: Death is not the end -- Conclusion. |
| 520 | . | ‡a"A harrowing tour of 'dictator literature' in the twentieth-century, featuring the soul-killing prose and poetry of Hitler, Mao, and many more, which shows how books have sometimes shaped the world for the worse." -- From book jacket. | |
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