What does "in literature as dictator" mean?
“Stalin’s early verses explain his obsessional, destructive interest in literature as dictator as well as his reverence for—and jealousy of—brilliant poets such as Osip Mandelstam and Boris Pasternak.”
Excerpt From: Simon Sebag Montefiore. “Young Stalin.” Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2007. iBooks.
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See my rewording below.
“Stalin’s early verses explain his obsessional, destructive interest in literature when he was a dictator as well as his reverence for—and jealousy of—brilliant poets such as Osip Mandelstam and Boris Pasternak.”
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