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Codice articolo GOR010072421
- Titolo
- On the Burning of Books: How Flames Fail to Destroy the Written Word
- Autore
- Baker, Lord Kenneth
- Editore
- Unicorn Publishing Group
- Anno di pubblicazione
- 2016
- Condizione
- Good
- Rilegatura
- Paperback
- Lingua
- inglese
- ISBN 10
- 1910787116
- ISBN 13
- 9781910787113
- Peso dell'articolo
- 998 grammi
<div>The burning of a book is recognizably powerful action—a fiery rejection of an ideology or a declaration of a text’s moral offense. But, since the invention of the printing press in the sixteenth century, the act of burning a book has become mostly symbolic—very rarely can a book’s content be expunged from the written record. In this heavily illustrated book, Kenneth Baker offers an enlightening history of the practice of book burning, often by desperate regimes, dictators, and religious fanatics eager to suppress revolutionaries, warn dissenters, or rally the faithful.<br><br> In <i>On the Burning of Books, </i>Baker explores famous moments throughout history when books have been burnt for political, religious, or personal reasons. Included among his investigations are stories from ancient China to the Nazis, from George Orwell’s <i>Animal Farm </i>to Salman Rushdie’s <i>The Satanic Verses</i>, from Chairman Mao to the Spanish destruction of the Aztec civilization. Baker describes Samuel Pepys burning an erotic novel, and the personal fires of Lord Byron’s memoirs, Dickens’s letters, Hardy’s poems, and Philip Larkin’s diaries. Alongside these many examples are chapters on accidental book burning—and even lucky escapes.<br><br> A book that celebrates the authority and influence of the written word by examining many instances of society’s attempt to suppress it, <i>On the Burning of Books </i>will be a work to be cherished—and kept far from flame.<br>  </div>
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Informazioni sull’autore
<div><b>Kenneth Baker</b>, Baron Baker of Dorking, is a British politician and a former Conservative MP, having served in the cabinet as Secretary of State for Education and as Home Secretary. His previous books include <i>George III: A</i><i>Life in Caricature </i>and <i>George IV: A Life in Caricature.</i><br>  </div>
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