Pandemics in American Popular Culture

James Craig Holte is Emeritus Professor of English and Film Studies at East Carolina University, USA.

• PrefaceIntroduction12 Monkeys28 Days Later28 Weeks LaterAmerica’s Forgotten PandemicAnd the Band Played OnAndromeda Strain, TheAngels in AmericaAvatarBeginning at the End, ABird BoxBlack DeathBlack Death, TheBlackfish CityBoy on the Bridge, TheCarriersCassandra Crossing, TheChild ZeroChildren of Men, TheCity of Mirrors, TheCobra Event, TheCode OrangeComing Plague, TheCompany of LiarsContagionCrystal World, TheDeath in VeniceDemon in the Freezer, TheDisease XDog Stars, TheDoomsday Book, TheDraculaEnd of October, TheFairy TaleFever 1793Fever SeasonFireman, TheFirst Wave, TheFlesh and BloodFuture Home of the Living GodGalapagosGhost Map, TheGirl with All the Gifts, TheGreat Believers, TheGreat Influenza, TheGreat Mortality, TheHamnetHandmaid’s Tale, TheHappening, TheHot Zone, TheHow High We Go in the DarkI am LegendInfectedJustinian’s FleaLast of Us, TheLast Ship, TheLeft 4 DeadLove in the Time of CholeraMaddAddamMarrow Thieves, The“Masque of the Red Death, The”NationNosferatuOrleansOryx and CrakeOutbreakPale Horse, Pale RiderPandemicPandemic ObsessionParable of the SowerPeople in TroublePlague, ThePlague Charmer, ThePlague Inc.Plague Tale, APremonition, TheQuarantineRentResident EvilSeason of the WitchSeventh Seal, TheSeveranceShaun of the DeadStand, TheStation ElevenSweet ToothTrain to BusanTwelve, TheWalking Dead, TheWorld War ZWorld Without EndYear of the Flood, TheYear of WondersIndexAbout the Author

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