The Epitome of Evil: Hitler in American Fiction, 1939–2002This study explores the literary representations of Adolf Hitler in American fiction and makes the case that his figure has slowly developed from a means of left-wing critique into a device of right-wing affirmation. |
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Chapter 1 The Rise and Fall of the Progressive Narrative or The Emergence Disappearance and Return of Hitler Fiction 19391968 | 19 |
The Cultural Work of Hitler Fiction | 46 |
SelfCritique in Early 1970s Fiction | 67 |
Projection in Late 1970s and Early 1980s Novels | 91 |
External and Internal Othering since the Mid1980s | 119 |
Chapter 6 Redeeming Hitler? Steve Ericksons Tours of the Black Clock 1989 | 147 |
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