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| Wednesday, May 6, 2009 3:41PM | | | | Literature: Left or Right? | Tags: Nadeem Aslam, Norbert Gstrein, Mariken Jongman, Khet Mar, Damenico Stamone
| | | | Quick! Who were the pro-slavery writers of the 19th Century? Who were the writers who supported the Confederacy during the Civil War? What about the great Nazi writers? Schopenhauer and Nietzche might have influenced German thinkers but it’s not certain that either would have supported Hitler. Film maker Leni Riefenstahl did support the Nazi party.
Almost all writers from the Allied countries supported the war effort of the Allies and many were employed in it, with the exception of American poet, Ezra Pound, who lived in Italy during the war, wrote propaganda for the Fascist government, was arrested and tried for treason after the war. He was found incompetent to face trial and spent 12 years in an asylum. After release he returned to Italy... | | | | | |
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