Society Disaster and Resilience Lessons from Literature

By:

Sutapa Saha

Contributor(s):

Baul Arnab

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Publication details: New Delhi Crescent Publishers 2022Description: xxiii,119p. HB 21x13cmISBN:

9789391771287

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

23 363.347 SAHS

Summary: The Literature of disaster and ruin is wide and deep. Authors find hope in times of great upheaval by suggesting that chaos, in addition to its ill effects, offers many opportunities for transformation. In our age of great calamities when anthropogenic and other disasters take a heavy toll on humanity, this book wants to explore literary motifs across genres, which highlights human tryst with disaster, both real and imagined – narratives that chronicle the surge in community spirit and help us to reiterate our faith on civilizational ethos.

List(s) this item appears in: PG New Arrivals - January - 2023

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The Literature of disaster and ruin is wide and deep. Authors find hope in times of great upheaval by suggesting that chaos, in addition to its ill effects, offers many opportunities for transformation. In our age of great calamities when anthropogenic and other disasters take a heavy toll on humanity, this book wants to explore literary motifs across genres, which highlights human tryst with disaster, both real and imagined – narratives that chronicle the surge in community spirit and help us to reiterate our faith on civilizational ethos.

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