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Dealing with Disasters from Early Modern to Modern Times Cultural Responses to Catastrophes

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Disasters are as much cultural as natural phenomena. For centuries, news about catastrophic events has been disseminated through media such as chronicles, pamphlets, newspapers, poems, drawings, and prints. Nowadays, we are overwhelmed with news about the cataclysmic effects of recent forest fires,...

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Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Other Authors: van Asperen, Hanneke (Editor), Jensen, Lotte (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press 2023
Series:Disaster Studies.
Subjects:
Natural disasters in literature.
Natural disasters > History.
Natural disasters > In art.
Catastrophes naturelles dans la littérature.
Social and cultural history.
Social impact of disasters.
HISTORY / General.
LITERARY CRITICISM / Subjects & Themes / Historical Events *
NATURE / Natural Disasters.
Cultural studies.
History: specific events and topics.
South
PRS
History, Art History, and Archaeology
HIS
Cultural Studies
CULTURAL
Early Modern Studies
EARLY MOD
Environmental Humanities
ENST
Modern History
MOD HIS
AUP Wetenschappelijk
AUP WETENSCH
Disasters, culture, representation, identity, history
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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