Writing Plague

Language and Violence from the Black Death to COVID-19

Häftad, Engelska, 2023

Av Alfred Thomas

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It argues that while the human “hardware” has changed enormously between the medieval past and the present (urbanization, technology, mass warfare, and advances in medical science), the human “software” (emotional and psychological reactions to the shock of pandemic) has remained remarkably similar across time.

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Utgivningsdatum2023-04-23
Mått148 x 210 x 16 mm
Vikt381 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieNew Middle Ages
Antal sidor265
FörlagSpringer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN9783030948528

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Litteraturvetenskap inom Skonlitteratur
Medeltiden inom Historia och arkeologi
Filosofiska discipliner inom Filosofi och religion
Kulturvetenskap inom Samhalle och politik
Judendom inom Filosofi och religion

1. Introduction: Language and Violence from the Black Death to COVID-19.- 2. The Pardoner, the Prioress, and the Pandemic: Jews and Other Scapegoats in Fourteenth-Century European Culture.- 3. Death and the Maiden: Mourning and Melancholy in Pearl and the Late Medieval European Elegy.- 4. The Plague’s The Thing: Pandemic and Religious Politics in Shakespeare’s Drama.- 5. The Brown Plague and the White Sickness: Fascism and the Crisis of Democracy in Twentieth-Century Plague Fiction and Film.- 6. Conclusion.