Mridusmita Boro

A World Without Us: Plague, Pandemic, And Post-Apocalyptic Vision in Mary Shelley’s The Last Man

PDF https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3645-7815RS, Gauhati University Abstract This paper explores Mary Shelley’s The Last Man (1826) through the lens of plague, pandemic, and post-apocalyptic vision, situating the novel within the political, imperial,…

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transcript: An e-Journal of Literary and Cultural Studies
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Author: Mridusmita Boro