Catastrophe and Catharsis
Subtitle: Narratives of Disasters and Redemption in German Culture and Beyond
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer, Incorporated
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781571139016
Subjects: Film criticism; German literature, history and criticism
Description: "Destroying human habitat and taking human lives, disasters threaten large populations, even entire nations and societies. They also disrupt the existing order and cause discontinuity in our sense of self and our perceptions of the world. To restore order, not only must human beings be rescued and affected areas rebuilt, but the reality of the catastrophe must also be transformed into narrative. The essays in this collection examine representations of disaster in literature, film, and mass media in German and international contexts, exploring the nexus between disruption and recovery through narrative from the eighteenth century to the present."--