«There are no criminals[,] only condemned men» — Literary Expressions of Global Epidemics
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.53943/ELCV.0223_85-102Keywords:
Plague, epidemics, pandemics, pandemic literatureAbstract
Epi- and pandemic outbreaks hitting Humanity are carved into Human History in such a painful way that it allows for the easy chronological outlining of their (rarely abundant) literary expression, but also for a heightened sense of their continuous indirect effect on literature and culture. This study strives to present a critical panorama of the way in which such public health phenomena have been read and/or have fueled literary imagination throughout History, in Portugal and elsewhere.
References
Impressa
Barreira, C. (1997). A representação do feminino na obra de Gomes Leal. Revista da Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas, 10: 287-295
Camus, A. (1972[1947]). La peste. Gallimard. Paris
Collier, R. (1974). The Plague of the Spanish Lady: The Influenza Pandemic of 1918-1919. Atheneum. Nova Iorque
Cooke, J. (2009). Legacies of Plague in Literature, Theory and Film. Palgrave Macmillan. Hampshire e Nova Iorque;
Defoe, D. (2003[1722]). A Journal of the Plague Year. Penguin. Londres
Girard, R. (1974). The Plague in Literature and Myth. Texas Studies in Literature and Language, 15, 2: 833-850
Little, L. (2009). Preface. Em: L. Little (ed.). Plague and the End of Antiquity. The Pandemic of 541-750. Cambridge University Press. Cambridge. pp. xi-xv
Martins, C.M. (2011). Peste e literatura: A construção narrativa de uma catástrofe. Universidade de Coimbra. Coimbra
Martins, J.P.O. (1891a). Os filhos de D. João I. Imprensa Nacional. Lisboa
Martins, J.P.O. (1891b). Camões, Os Lusiadas e a Renascença em Portugal. Livraria Internacional de Ernesto Chardron. Porto
Martins, J.P.O. (1908). História de Portugal. (t. i). Parceria António Maria Pereira. Lisboa
Moreno, H.B. (1983). Reflexos da peste negra na crise de 1383-85. Bracara Augusta, xxxvii, 83-84: 373-386
Nemésio, V. (2010[1944]). Mau tempo no canal. Leya BIS. Alfragide
Peone, D. (2020). Plague Literatre. Lessons for Living Well During a Pandemic. Theuth Books. Atlanta
Pinto, J.N. (2020). Contágios — 2500 anos de pestes. Publicações Dom Quixote. Lisboa
Porter, K.A. (1987). Conversations. University Press of Mississippi. Jackson
Rau, V. (1946). Sesmarias medievais portuguesas. Editorial Presença. Lisboa
Redol, A. (1972). Os reinegros. Publicações Europa-América. Lisboa
Saramago, J. (2020[1995]). Ensaio sobre a cegueira. Porto Editora. Porto
Sérgio, A. (1945). Prefácio. Em: F. Lopes. Crónica de D. João I. Livraria Civilização. Lisboa. pp. xi-xi
Sontag, S. (2001[1989]). Illness as Metaphor and AIDS and its Metaphors. Picador. Nova Iorque
Tucídides (2010[c. 400 a.C.]). História da guerra do Peloponeso. Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. Lisboa
Žižek, S. (2020). A pandemia que abalou o mundo. Relógio d’Água. Lisboa
Digital
Honigsbaum, M. (2020, 17 de março). «A Once-in-a-Century Pathogen»: The 1918 Pandemic & This One. The New York Review. Acedido em 7 de julho de 2020, em: https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2020/03/17/a-once-in-a-century-pathogen-the-1918-pandemic-this-one
Lepore, J. (2020, 23 de março). What Our Contagion Fables Are Really About. New Yorker. Acedido a 30 de maio de 2020, em: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/03/30/what-our-contagion-fables-are-really-about
Pamuk, O. (2020, 23 de abril). What the Great Pandemic Novels Teach Us. The New York Times. Acedido em 5 de julho de 2020, em: http://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/23/opinion/sunday/coraonavirus-orhan-pamuk.html
Downloads
Published
Issue
Section
License
Copyright (c) 2023 Sofia Araújo
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Authors retain copyright and grant the journal right of publication with the work simultaneously licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution License that allows sharing the work with recognition of authorship and publication in this journal.
