Legacies of Plague in Literature, Theory and Film

Cooke, J.

This book is an account of the history and continuation of plague as a potent metaphor since the disease ceased to be an epidemic threat in Western Europe, engaging with twentieth-century critiques of fascism, anti-Semitic rhetoric, the Oedipal legacy of psychoanalysis and its reception, and film spectatorship and the zombie genre.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2009-04-15

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780230219342

DOI: 10.1057/9780230235427

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 226