The Dancing Plague

Gareth Brookes

The Dancing Plague

Gareth Brookes

University of the Arts London

Research output: Practice-based/Artistic research › Creative writing/Literary art

Abstract

The Dancing Plague tells a true story, from 1518, when hundreds of inhabitants of Strasbourg were suddenly seized by the strange and unstoppable compulsion to dance, from the imagined perspective of Mary, one of its witnesses. Prone to mystic visions as a child, betrayed in the convent to which she flees, then abused by her loutish husband, Mary endures her life as an oppressed and ultimately scapegoated woman with courage, strength, and inspiring beauty.

All artwork in the book is created using pyrography and embroidery on calico.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	London, U.K.
Publisher	SelfMadeHero
Publication status	Published - 2021
Externally published	Yes

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Graphic novel, paperback with flaps, 192 pp, ISBN 9781910593981.

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