Daniel Defoe's a Journal of the Plague Year and Covid-19: A Tale of Two Pandemics

by Stuart Sim

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Daniel Defoe's A Journal of the Plague Year has taken on a new relevance with the advent of the Covid-19 pandemic. Through an exploration of two chronologically distant societies in crisis, this study compares the attitudes, beliefs, and conduct of the public portrayed in the book and those in our own embattled Covid era. There are interesting similarities to note, with equivalents to the Covid-deniers and the anti-vaxxers to be found in...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:3031312856

ISBN13:9783031312854

Release Date:May 2023

Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan

Length:79 Pages

Weight:0.57 lbs.

Dimensions:0.3" x 5.8" x 8.3"

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History Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Social Science Social Sciences

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