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Review
. 2020 Oct;33(5):296-312.
doi: 10.37201/req/049.2020. Epub 2020 Jul 7.

The Spanish flu and the fiction literature

E Vázquez-Espinosa, C Laganà, F Vázquez  1
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The Spanish flu and the fiction literature

E Vázquez-Espinosa et al. Rev Esp Quimioter. 2020 Oct.

Abstract
in English, Spanish

This review focuses on the fictional literature in which the Spanish flu is represented either as an anecdotal or as a historical aspect and the effect on the author or fictional character. We examine this sociocultural period in the press and mainly in Anglo-Saxon literary works and from other countries, including Spanish and Latin American literature that is not very represented in some international reviews on the subject. Also, we include books about the previous and subsequent influenza pandemics to the Spanish flu.

Esta revisión se centra en la literatura de ficción en la que la gripe española se representa como un aspecto anecdótico o histórico y el efecto sobre el autor o el personaje ficticio. Examinamos este período sociocultural en la prensa y principalmente en obras literarias anglosajonas y de otros países, incluida la literatura española y latinoamericana que no está muy representada en algunas revisiones internacionales sobre el tema. Además, incluimos libros sobre las pandemias de influenza anteriores y posteriores a la gripe española.

Keywords: Influenza; Spanish flu; medicine in literature; pandemic.

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