McKinley Essay on Boccaccio and Coronavirus Pandemic

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McKinley Essay on Boccaccio and Coronavirus Pandemic

Published on international journalism forum The Conversation

Professor Kate McKinley discusses similarities between responses to the coronavirus pandemic and Boccaccio's accounts of the Black Plague on the international journalism forum, The Conversation.

https://theconversation.com/how-the-rich-reacted-to-the-bubonic-plague-has-eerie-similarities-to-todays-pandemic-135925

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posted	April 16, 2020
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