George Gissing – Media and Epidemics (MEDEP)

George Gissing, the Fin de Siècle, and Social Change: Understandings of the ‘Russian Influenza’

“Through realism, Gissing exhibits both sides of a cultural shift, with depictions of a man weathered down by metropolis living in New Grub Street (1891), and a yearning for a simpler time with The Private Papers of Henry Ryecroft (1902).” Nineteenth-century Grub Street, as depicted in Robert Chambers Book of Days (1864), Wikimedia. This isContinueContinue reading “George Gissing, the Fin de Siècle, and Social Change: Understandings of the ‘Russian Influenza’”

Meet the Team: Ching Chi Chan

“This was the time where Pfeiffer’s bacillus was heavily discussed in relation to influenza, yet in both fiction and primary sources, you find people not wanting anything to do with it.” What are the main epidemics that your team focuses on? I am a third year within the Bachelor of Advanced Humanities, studying English Literature.ContinueContinue reading “Meet the Team: Ching Chi Chan”