Early Anthropocene Literature in Britain, 1750-1884

by Seth T Reno and Seth T. Reno

Book Overview

This book questions when exactly the Anthropocene began, uncovering an "early Anthropocene" in the literature, art, and science of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Britain. In chapters organized around the classical elements of Earth, Fire, Water, and Air, Seth Reno shows how literary writers of the Industrial Era borrowed from scientists to capture the changes they witnessed to weather, climate, and other systems. Poets linked the hellish flames...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030532453
• ISBN13: 9783030532451
• Release Date: August 2020
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 246 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.8" x 8.3"