Rationalising a volcanic crisis through literature: Montserratian verse and the descriptive reconstruction of an island

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research

Volumn 203, Issue 3-4, 2011, Pages 87-101

  Donovan, Amy ^a,b   Oppenheimer, Clive ^a,c,d   Bravo, Michael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^c Le Studium   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ D'ORLÉANS   (France)

Author keywords

Literature; Montserrat; Poetry; Risk communication; Role of volcanologists; Societal response

Indexed keywords

LITERATURE; MONTSERRAT; POETRY; RISK COMMUNICATION; ROLE OF VOLCANOLOGISTS; SOCIETAL RESPONSE;

VOLCANOES;

COLONIALISM; RECONSTRUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; VOLCANOLOGY;

LEEWARD ISLANDS [LESSER ANTILLES]; MONTSERRAT; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 79957930323     PISSN: 03770273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2011.03.010     Document Type: Article

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