Seth T. Reno Livres

The book explores the concept of an "early Anthropocene" through the lens of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British literature, art, and science. Organized around the classical elements—Earth, Fire, Water, and Air—it reveals how writers and artists of the Industrial Era responded to environmental changes. By intertwining literary expression with scientific understanding, they portrayed the impact of industrialization on climate and weather, illustrating humanity's role as a transformative force on the planet. This interdisciplinary study bridges literary, environmental, and science studies.

Amorous Aesthetics traces the development of intellectual love from its first major expression in Baruch Spinoza's Ethics, through its adoption and adaptation in eighteenth-century moral and natural philosophy, to its emergence as a Romantic tradition in the work of six major poets.