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Zu Pest Und AIDS In der Englischen Literatur (German, Paperback)
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Zu Pest Und AIDS In der Englischen Literatur (German, Paperback)
Series: Akademie der Wissenschaften Und der Literatur, 01
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English Description: The plague spread fear and terror for
centuries - whole continents have been hit; even in the Bible or
Homer's "Iliad" there are descriptions of the disease. Personal
accounts, historical and fictional narratives as well as numerous
artistic treatments from ancient to modern times show to what
extent the Black Death is burned into cultural memory. Christa
Jansohn elucidates how the plague was understood in a literary
context in various eras using a number of lesser known, partly
unpublished, English texts. What were the different meanings
attributed to this disease? What additional research questions
arise from it? Finally, the plague is still further reused and
recoded as a metaphor in descriptions of the immune deficiency
disease. Thus, the author shows how heterogeneous the
representations of these diseases are in the English literature.
German Description: Die Pest verbreitete uber Jahrhunderte Angst
und Schrecken ganze Kontinente wurden heimgesucht: Schon in der
Bibel oder Homers Ilias finden sich Beschreibungen der Seuche.
Personliche Berichte, historische und fiktive Erzahlungen sowie
zahlreiche kunstlerische Verarbeitungen vom Altertum bis zur
Neuzeit zeigen, wie sehr sich der Schwarze Tod in das kulturelle
Gedachtnis eingebrannt hat. Christa Jansohn erlautert nun anhand
einer Reihe weniger bekannter, teils unpublizierter, englischer
Texte, wie die Pest uber verschiedene Epochen im literarischen
Kontext verarbeitet wurde: Mit welchen unterschiedlichen
Sinnzuweisungen ist diese Krankheit befrachtet? Welche weiteren
Forschungsfragen ergeben sie daraus? Schliesslich wird die Pest
noch heute bei Beschreibungen der Immunschwachekrankheit AIDS als
Metapher weiterverwertet und umcodiert. So zeigt die Autorin, wie
heterogen die Darstellungen dieser Seuchen in der englischen
Literatur sind.
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Imprint: |
Franz Steiner Verlag Wiesbaden GmbH
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Country of origin: |
Germany |
Series: |
Akademie der Wissenschaften Und der Literatur, 01 |
Release date: |
October 2012 |
First published: |
October 2012 |
Authors: |
Christa Jansohn
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Dimensions: |
236 x 168 x 8mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback - Trade
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Pages: |
103 |
ISBN-13: |
978-3-515-10234-6 |
Languages: |
German
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Categories: |
Books >
Language & Literature >
Literature: history & criticism >
Literary studies >
General
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LSN: |
3-515-10234-5 |
Barcode: |
9783515102346 |
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