Pandemic Protagonists - Viral (Re)Actions in Pandemic and Corona Fictions
Verlag | transcript |
Auflage | 2023 |
Seiten | 308 |
Format | 16,3 x 2,1 x 22,8 cm |
Gewicht | 472 g |
Artikeltyp | Englisches Buch |
Reihe | Edition Kulturwissenschaft 284 |
ISBN-10 | 3837666166 |
EAN | 9783837666168 |
Bestell-Nr | 83766616A |
During the first mandatory lockdowns of the Covid-19 pandemic, citizens worldwide turned to »pandemic fictions« or started to produce their own »Corona Fictions« across different media. These accounts of (previously) experienced or imagined health crises feature a great variety of protagonists and their (re)actions in response to the exceptional circumstances. The contributors to this volume take a closer look at different pandemic protagonists in fictional narratives relating to the Covid-19 pandemic as well as in existing pandemic fictions. Thereby they provide new insights into pandemic narratives from a cultural, literary, and media studies perspective from antiquity to today.