The Pull of the Stars: Reflections on the Perinatal Experience from Pandemic (1918) to Pandemic (2019)

Global pandemics have been increasing in frequency over the past several decades, with infectious diseases constituting the third leading cause of death worldwide. Emma Donoghue, in her novel The Pull of the Stars, tells the story of Nurse Julia Power, working in an Irish maternity ward at the heig...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Joan Margaret Humphries, Lenora Marcellus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Calgary 2023-08-01
Series:Journal of Applied Hermeneutics
Online Access:https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/jah/article/view/77836