Catastrophe and Catharsis: Perspectives on Disaster and Redemption in German Culture and Beyond

Essays examining representations of disaster in German and international contexts, exploring the nexus between disruption and recovery through narrative from the eighteenth century to the present.

Destroying human habitat and taking human lives, disasters, be they natural, man-made, or a combination, threaten large populations, even entire nations and societies. They also disrupt the existing order and cause discontinuity in our sense of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 157113901X
• ISBN13: 9781571139016
• Release Date: December 2015
• Publisher: Camden House (NY)
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 9.2" x 6.2"