fictional novel Lord of the Swastika
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"Lord of the Swastika" is the fascist, alternate-history fantasy novel-within-a-novel at the center of Norman Spinrad’s satirical work "The Iron Dream," presented as if written by an alternate-universe Adolf Hitler.
Observed surface forms (1)
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| Lord of the Swastika | 0 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
fictional novel
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fictional work ⓘ novel within a novel ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Nazi symbolism
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pulp adventure tropes ⓘ |
| authorAsPresented | Adolf Hitler (alternate universe) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| containedIn | The Iron Dream NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| createdBy | Norman Spinrad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts | fascist movement in a fantasy world ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | exists only within the novel The Iron Dream ⓘ |
| functionInWork |
parody of fascist power fantasies
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vehicle for critique of Nazi ideology ⓘ |
| genre |
alternate history
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fantasy ⓘ satire ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| intendedEffect | to expose and ridicule fascist aesthetics ⓘ |
| language | English (as published in The Iron Dream) ⓘ |
| medium | prose fiction ⓘ |
| metaFictionalAspect |
framed by a critical afterword in The Iron Dream
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presented as a reprinted pulp novel ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | third-person focus on fascist hero figure ⓘ |
| narrativeRole | central text in The Iron Dream ⓘ |
| partOf | The Iron Dream NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationContext | embedded entirely within The Iron Dream ⓘ |
| relationToAuthor | imagined product of Hitler as a pulp writer instead of dictator ⓘ |
| settingType | post-apocalyptic fantasy world ⓘ |
| theme |
authoritarian hero worship
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fascism ⓘ militarism ⓘ racial purity ⓘ totalitarianism ⓘ |
| workType | fictional pulp adventure pastiche ⓘ |
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