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The volume is of interest to readers in both literary and scientific, especially medical, fields. In addition, it serves as an accessible introduction to plague literature and to the arena in which it has evolved since ancient times. To undergraduate and graduate students, Bills of Mortality affords an opportunity for scholarly engagement in a topic no less timely now than it was when plague struck Milan in 1629 or ravaged Venice in 1912 or felled Thebes in antiquity.  \n“To study plagues is to understand narratives. With Bills of Mortality, Patrick Reilly illuminates literary encounters with pestilence over a period of three centuries. Brilliantly informative, this book illustrates how plague, metaphor for the incomprehensible, is ceaselessly renewed when we tell stories about why some die and others do not.”—Philip Alcabes, Professor of Public Health, Adelphi University; Author of Dread: How Fear and Fantasy Have Fueled Epidemics from the Black Death to Avian Flu  \n“How can the aesthetic representation of the unspeakable be done? How will our own present day’s plagues (physical, religious, political, etc.) be told in the future? Confronting this reality involves seeing how this was done in history and, in so doing, helps us understand the healing process. Patrick Reilly’s Bills of Mortality is a panoramic survey and an outstanding analysis of such foremost plague narratives from ancient times to our present day, impeccably researched and written, to help us understand why and how these representations are of vital importance.”  \n—Norbert Sclippa, Professor of French, College of Charleston, South Carolina  \n“A thoroughly focused discussion of the nature of plague literature, Bills of Mortality concentrates on pivotal texts and the significant role that the aesthetics of metaphor plays in interpreting their meaning. Patrick Reilly presents a convincing analysis that reaches beyond the fictional and into the social, cultural, and political background of each work he discusses.”—A. Nicholas Fargnoli, Dean of Humanities, Molloy College; President, The James Joyce Society  \nPATRICK REILLY (Ph.D., City University of New York) teaches in the English Department at Baruch College, CUNY. His articles have appeared in Journal for Camus Studies, The James Joyce Quarterly, Lire Sade, and Italica.  \nWWW. PETERLANG.COM  \nBILLS OF MORTALITY  \nCurrents in Comparative Romance Languages andLiteratures  \nTamara Alvarez-Detrell and Michael G. Paulson General Editors  \nVol. 223  \nThis book is a volume in a Peter Lang monograph series. Every volume is peer reviewed and meets the highest quality standards for content and production.  \nPETER LANG New York 􀁹 Bern 􀁹 Frankfurt 􀁹 Berlin Brussels 􀁹 Vienna 􀁹 Oxford 􀁹 Warsaw  \nPatrick Reilly  \nBILLS OF MORTALITY  \nDisease and Destiny in Plague Literature from Early Modern to Postmodern Times  \nPETER LANG New York 􀁹 Bern 􀁹 Frankfurt 􀁹 Berlin Brussels 􀁹 Vienna 􀁹 Oxford 􀁹 Warsaw  \nLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data  \nReilly, Patrick.  \nBills of Mortality: Disease and Destiny in Plague Literature from Early Modern to Postmodern Times / Patrick Reilly. pages cm.—(Currents in Comparative Romance Languages and Literatures; Vol. 223)  \nIncludes bibliographical references and index.  \n1. Diseases in literature. 2. Plague in literature. 3. Epidemics in literature. I. Title. 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Angels in America\n## Chapter Seven: The Conversation\n## Works Cited\n## Index","[{\"question\":\"What is the core focus of Bills of Mortality?\",\"answer\":\"The book explores the dynamic between plague facts and the constructs of destiny that deadly disease generates in literary texts.\"},{\"question\":\"Which time periods and authors does the book cover?\",\"answer\":\"It ranges from early modern works through postmodern literature, including Daniel Defoe’s A Journal of the Plague Year and Tony Kushner’s Angels in America.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the book approach plague literature analytically?\",\"answer\":\"It concentrates on pivotal texts and analyzes how the aesthetics of metaphor help interpret meaning across social, cultural, and political contexts.\"}]","Bills of Mortality - Disease and Destiny in Plague Literature from Early Modern to Postmodern Times | PDF",1789771960,330]