Encountering the Plague is a collection of essays that examine the effects of COVID-19 on everyday life and draw on historical experiences of plague to explore human responses to epidemics. It features fourteen newly commissioned articles from various humanities disciplines, with each chapter opening with an illustration and commentaries from experts in archaeology, electronic literature, history, linguistics, media and cultural studies, and musicology. The book aims to show how humanities research can contribute to social and political debates and provide insights into the past to inform our understanding of the present.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 258 pages
Publication date: 25 November 2024
Publisher: Intellect

Encountering the Plague: A Multidisciplinary Exploration of Plague in the Modern World is a thought-provoking edited collection that brings together fourteen newly commissioned articles, each of which responds to the theme of plague from different disciplinary perspectives. Contributors focus on the effects of COVID-19 on everyday life, drawing also on insights from different historical experiences of plague as a way of exploring human responses to epidemics, past and present. Each chapter opens with a different illustration that serves as a source for subsequent discussion, enabling readers to make connections between everyday objects, experiences, and broader critical debates about plague and its impact on humanity. Thought-provoking commentaries stem from a variety of humanities disciplines, including archaeology, electronic literature, history, linguistics, media and cultural studies, and musicology. Encountering the Plague explores ways in which humanities research can play a meaningful role in key social and political debates, and provides compelling examples of how the past can inform our understanding of the present.

Encountering the Plague: A Multidisciplinary Exploration of Plague in the Modern World

Encountering the Plague: A Multidisciplinary Exploration of Plague in the Modern World is a thought-provoking edited collection that brings together fourteen newly commissioned articles, each of which responds to the theme of plague from different disciplinary perspectives. Contributors focus on the effects of COVID-19 on everyday life, drawing also on insights from different historical experiences of plague as a way of exploring human responses to epidemics, past and present. Each chapter opens with a different illustration that serves as a source for subsequent discussion, enabling readers to make connections between everyday objects, experiences, and broader critical debates about plague and its impact on humanity. Thought-provoking commentaries stem from a variety of humanities disciplines, including archaeology, electronic literature, history, linguistics, media and cultural studies, and musicology. Encountering the Plague explores ways in which humanities research can play a meaningful role in key social and political debates, and provides compelling examples of how the past can inform our understanding of the present.

Weight: 446g
Dimension: 244 x 171 x 17 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781789389876