Viral Modernism: The Influenza Pandemic And Interwar Literature

Viral Modernism reveals the literary and cultural impact of one of the deadliest plagues in history, the influenza pandemic of 1918-1919, bringing to light how it shaped canonical works of fiction and poetry. Elizabeth Outka shows how and why the contours of modernism shift when we account for the pandemic's hidden but widespread presence.

• | By (Author): Elizabeth Outka
• | Publisher: Columbia University Press
• | Publication Date: Oct 22, 2019
• | Country of Publication: United States
• | Number of Pages: 344 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0231185758
• | ISBN-13: 9780231185752