Disaster, Death and the Emotions in the Shadow of the Apocalypse, 1400–1700
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- Synopsis
- In late medieval and early modern Europe, textualand visual records of disaster and mass death allow us to encounter the intenseemotions generated through the religious, providential and apocalyptic frameworksthat provided these events with meaning. This collection brings togetherhistorians, art historians, and literary specialists in a cross-disciplinarycollection shaped by new developments in the history of emotions. It offers arich range of analytical frameworks and case studies, from the emotionallanguage of divine providence to individual and communal experiences ofdisaster. Geographically wide-ranging, the collection also analyses manydifferent sorts of media: from letters and diaries to broadsheets andpaintings. Through these and other historical records, the contributors examine how communities and individualsexperienced, responded to, recorded and managed the emotional dynamics andtrauma created by dramatic events like massacres, floods, fires, earthquakesand plagues.
- Copyright:
- 2017
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781137442710
- Publisher:
- Palgrave Macmillan UK, London
- Date of Addition:
- 03/20/17
- Copyrighted By:
- Springer
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Psychology, Social Studies, Sociology
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
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