This volume investigates the complex interplay between panic and mourning and their profound influence on cultural production. The book brings together an international and inter-disciplinary group of scholars to examine how literature, media, and the arts process violent events and collective anxieties. It explores how cultural practices not only reflect individual and societal fears but also contribute to the creation of knowledge and the reshaping of cultural formations. The authors analyze the effects of calamity on the cultural structure, drawing from traditions, memories, and belief systems.

This collection offers a comprehensive examination of how cultural forms engage with experiences of panic and mourning. The interdisciplinary approach allows for a nuanced understanding of the relationship between traumatic events and their representation across literature, media, and the arts. Scholars contribute diverse perspectives on how cultural practices both mirror and shape societal anxieties. The volume is likely to appeal to academics and students in cultural studies, trauma studies, and the humanities.