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Eighteenth-century environmental humanities / edited by Jeremy Chow.

Other author/creatorChow, Jeremy, editor.
Format Book and Print
Publication Info Lewisburg, Pennsylvania : Bucknell University Press, [2023]
Descriptionvi, 254 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Subject(s)
Series Transits : literature, thought & culture 1650-1850
Transits (Bucknell University) ^A1093119
Contents Introduction : eighteenth century + environmental humanities / Jeremy Chow -- Toward a genealogy of geoengineering : Erasmus Darwin and the Little Ice Age / Elliot Patsoura -- Storm apostrophe / Annette Hulbert -- "When stormy winds happen" : divine providence, climate change discourse, and the cause of weather disasters / Adam W. Sweeting -- Phillis Wheatley Peters's Niobean soundscapes / Shelby Johnson -- Syphilis and natural history : the ethical limits of human mastery / Mariah Crilley -- Shore/lines : drawing environmental change on eighteenth-century Prince Edward Island / Claire Campbell -- Of water, wind, and storms : the elemental regimes of the Buccaneer journal / Jason Payton -- "Supporting sinking nations" : John Dennis's indigenous women and their disasters / Matt Duqu̐ues -- Imagining decolonial futures in William Gilbert's The hurricane / Ami Yoon -- Slavery and plantation stewardship : the eighteenth-century Caribbean Georgics of James Grainger and Philip Freneau / Christopher Allan Black -- John Thelwell and L.M. Montgomery write the green city / Kate Scarth.
Abstract "This groundbreaking new volume unites eighteenth-century studies and the environmental humanities, showcasing how these fields can vibrantly benefit one another. In eleven chapters that engage a variety of eighteenth-century texts, contributors explore timely themes and topics such as climate change, new materialisms, the blue humanities, indigeneity and decoloniality, and green utopianism. Additionally, each chapter reflects on pedagogical concerns, asking: How do we teach eighteenth-century environmental humanities? With particular attention to the voices of early-career scholars who bring cutting-edge perspectives, these essays highlight vital and innovative trends that can enrich both disciplines, making them essential for classroom use"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Genre/formHistory.
LCCN 2022008848
ISBN9781684484287
ISBN1684484286 paperback
ISBN9781684484294 hardcover
ISBN1684484294 hardcover
ISBNelectronic publication
ISBNelectronic book

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