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Pandemic Literature
DR. SMEETAA A. WANJARRI
其他書名
A Critique from Plague to Covid-19
出版Dattsons, 2022-04-15
主題History / General
ISBN81719221399788171922130
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=8Bf-zgEACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋As is commonly understood, a pandemic is an epidemic of an infectious disease that has spread across a large region, for instance, multiple continents or worldwide, affecting a substantial number of people. Throughout human history, there have been a number of pandemics of diseases such as plague, smallpox, and tuberculosis. The most fatal pandemic in recorded history was the Black Death, which killed an estimated 75 200 million people in the 14th century. The term 'Pandemic' was not used yet but was used for later pandemics including the 1918 influenza pandemic. Current pandemics include Coronavirus disease COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2) and HIV/AIDS. The Covid-19 pandemic is an unprecedented event in human history. Never before has human existence been so consumed by a single disease, bringing life to a halt for months on end and forcing human beings to question their future and ponder deeply over their own mortality. Pandemics have been the theme of many literary works, penned by different celebrated authors. This book brings to fore the various pandemics as the theme/plot of popular books.This book would be of immense interest to faculty, students and research scholars of English Literature and even to a general reader interested in the subject of 'Pandemic Literature'.