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Flowers for Hitler is Canadian poet and composer Leonard Cohen's third collection of poetry, first published in 1964 by McClelland & Stewart. Like other artworks regarding Adolf Hitler as a subject, it was somewhat controversial in its day. Cohen's original title, Opium and Hitler, was rejected by the publisher.
Flowers for Hitler. by. Cohen, Leonard, 1934-. Publication date. 1973. Publisher. London, Cape. Collection. inlibrary; printdisabled; internetarchivebooks.
Flowers for Hitler stands out for exposing a darker side of Cohen, but it also stands out as a work of art in revolt: in revolt of the hypocrisy of the ruling classes; in revolt of the mundane, and in revolt to the massacres of Nazi Germany and near destruction of Jewish history and culture.
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Flowers For Hitler: Year published 1964: Publisher McClelland And Stewart Ltd., Toronto: Pages 156: Notes Summary The first of Cohen's self-consciously "anti-art" gestures: an attempt, in his own words, to move "from the world of the golden-boy poet into the dung pile of the front-line writer." Haunted by the image of the Nazi concentration ...
Flowers for Hitler (1964) represents the first stage of Cohen's continued attempt to undercut his own reputation, to deny his own lyricism. Its harsh and ugly satiric poems portray a nightmare world, which is still defined by the image of the concentration camp. -- Stephen Scobie
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