What Literature Teaches in Times of Crisis
Plague Readings
Seiten
2023
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Unabridged edition
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5275-5086-5 (ISBN)
Cambridge Scholars Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-5275-5086-5 (ISBN)
The Covid pandemic affected our minds as well as bodies, providing occasion to examine old literature in a new light. This book considers authors like Joyce, Kafka, and Chekhov, showing that present crises can deepen our appreciation of past achievements. It examines a wide range of diverse, often overlooked, fiction, arguing that the psychological and social insights of classic short stories and novels have only increased in relevance in the face of collective trauma. Comparative literature is thus linked to the study of illness and society. The book addresses the concerns of general readers whilst broadening our cultural vocabulary for analyzing contemporary challenges and dangers.
David Pickus received his PhD from the University of Chicago, USA, specializing in German intellectual history. He has taught humanities and world history at Arizona State University, USA, as well as RenMin University, China, and spent a Fulbright year in Belgrade, Serbia. David is the author of Postcards from China: Travels along the Grand Canal (2018), and has published over thirty academic essays on topics related to East-Central Europe, the globalization of education, and minority literature. He is currently Associate Professor of History at the American University in Vietnam.
Erscheinungsdatum | 12.12.2023 |
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Verlagsort | Newcastle upon Tyne |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 148 x 212 mm |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
Sozialwissenschaften | |
ISBN-10 | 1-5275-5086-9 / 1527550869 |
ISBN-13 | 978-1-5275-5086-5 / 9781527550865 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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