Representation in Other Media
Several novels have explored the Philadelphia epidemic, including the following:
- Charles Brockden Brown, Arthur Mervyn (1799)
- Silas Weir Mitchell, The Red City (1909)
- Laurie Halse Anderson, Fever 1793 (2000), young adult novel set in Philadelphia
The following deals with a 19th-century epidemic of yellow fever in New Orleans:
- Josh Russell, Yellow Jack, 2000, novel set in New Orleans in the 1840s before the Civil War
Read more about this topic: Yellow Fever Epidemic Of 1793
Famous quotes containing the words representation in and/or media:
“People accept a representation in which the elements of wish and fantasy are purposely included but which nevertheless proclaims to represent “the past” and to serve as a guide-rule for life, thereby hopelessly confusing the spheres of knowledge and will.”
—Johan Huizinga (1872–1945)
“Never before has a generation of parents faced such awesome competition with the mass media for their children’s attention. While parents tout the virtues of premarital virginity, drug-free living, nonviolent resolution of social conflict, or character over physical appearance, their values are daily challenged by television soaps, rock music lyrics, tabloid headlines, and movie scenes extolling the importance of physical appearance and conformity.”
—Marianne E. Neifert (20th century)