Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
Reihe: Under the Sign of Nature
Buch, Englisch, 272 Seiten, Hardback, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm
Reihe: Under the Sign of Nature
ISBN: 978-0-8139-3792-2
Verlag: UNIV OF VIRGINIA PR
The London fog earned the portmanteau ""smog"" in 1905, a significant recognition of what was arguably the first instance of a climatic phenomenon manufactured by modern industry. Tracing the path to this awareness opens a critical vantage point on the Anthropocene, a new geologic age in which the transformation of humanity into a climate-changing force has not only altered our physical atmosphere but imbued it with new meanings. The book examines enduringly popular works--from the novels of Charles Dickens and George Eliot to Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dracula, and the Sherlock Holmes mysteries to works by Joseph Conrad and Virginia Woolf--alongside newspaper cartoons, scientific writings, and meteorological technologies to reveal a fascinating relationship between our cultural climate and the sky overhead.