Epilogue. "Throttled at length in the air": environmental warfare and climate regained -- Early acoustic theory and the aural soul in Comus -- Power of the air in Milton's epic poetry -- "How cam'st thou speakable of mute": Satanic acoustics in Paradise Lost -- Milton and the barometer climate change in pneumatic science -- "Throttled at length in the air": environmental warfare and climate regained -- Epilogue.
Summary:
"Establishes the primal connection between climate change and human moral transgression as a fundamental ground-theme of Milton's poetry. This book merges perspectives from the history of science, environmental humanities, and literary criticism to situate Milton's depiction of human climate responsibility amid a shifting landscape of seventeenth-century attitudes toward the atmosphere"-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Under the sign of nature: explorations in ecocriticism
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