Pandemic influenza in fiction
Subtitle: a critical study
By: Charles De Paolo
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
ISBN-13: 9780786495894
Subjects: Diseases and literature; Plague in literature; Influenza Epidemic, 1918-1919; History and criticism; Epidemics in literature; Fiction
Description: "The influenza pandemic of 1918-1919--the worst widespread outbreak in recorded history--claimed an estimated 100 million lives globally. This study surveys influenza research over the last century in original scientific and historical documents, and establishes a critical paradigm for the appreciation of influenza fiction"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 193-224) and index.
Table of contents: title: The discovery period: 1892/1940; title: Literature of the recovery period: 1921/1946; title: Fiction of the recursion period: 2005/2006; title: The characterization project: 1995/2005; title: Terrorism and the biological-attack scenario; title: Fiction of the characterization period: 1998/2005; title: Avian influenza; title: Novel virus and the approval of Q-pan.