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This chapter provides an introduction to the edited collection, exploring the relationship between plague and the humanities through time. The chapter draws on the Hittite tablets ‘Plague Prayers’ to explore the social, metaphorical and political impact of pandemics on humanity. The chapter concludes with a discussion of the structure of the book and a description of individual chapters.

Keywords: Boris Johnson ; Covid-19 ; Crisis ; Foucault ; History ; Hittite ; Humanities ; Metaphor ; Pandemic ; Power

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Encountering the Plague
Intellect , 3 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1386/9781789389869_2
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References

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     [Google Scholar]
  2. Hannan, Leonie and Longhair, Sarah (2017), History Through Material Culture, Manchester: Manchester University Press.
     [Google Scholar]
  3. McCormick, Lisa (2020), ‘Marking time in lockdown: Heroization and ritualization in the UK during the coronavirus pandemic’, American Journal of Cultural Sociology, 8, pp. 324–51.
     [Google Scholar]
  4. Musolff, Andreas (2022), ‘“World-beating” pandemic responses: Ironical, sarcastic, and satirical use of war and competition metaphors in the context of COVID-19 pandemic’, Metaphor and Symbol, 37:2, pp. 76–87.
     [Google Scholar]
  5. Myrdal, Janken (2004), ‘Digerdöden, pestvågor och ödeläggelse Ett perspektiv på senmedeltidens Sverige’, Uppsala, Avdelningen för agrarhistoria.
  6. Singer, Itamar and Hoffner, Harry A. (2002), Hittite Prayers, Atlanta, GA: Society for Biblical Literature.
     [Google Scholar]
  7. Sontag, Susan (1978), Illness as Metaphor, New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux.
     [Google Scholar]
  8. Tilley, Christopher, Keane, Webb, Kuchler, Susanne, Rowlands, Michael and Spyer, Patricia (eds) (2006), Handbook of Material Culture, London: Sage.
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