«”já não há culpados[,] apenas condenados” — Expressões literárias de epidemias globais

Abstract

Epi- and pandemic outbreaks hitting Humanity are carved into Human History in such a painful way that it allows for the easy chronological outlining of their (rarely abundant) literary expression, but also for a heightened sense of their continuous indirect effect on literature and culture. This study strives to present a critical panorama of the way in which such public health phenomena have been read and/or have fueled literary imagination throughout History, in Portugal and elsewhere.