Climate Change and Original Sin: The Moral Ecology of John Milton's Poetry (Under the Sign of Nature: Explorations in Environmental Humanities)

Climate Change and Original Sin is a groundbreaking book that sheds new light on the human-climate relationship before the Enlightenment era.

By examining John Milton's evolving representations of the climate in Paradise Lost, this book uncovers the ecological fall distinct from, yet concurrent with, the human fall.

The author traces the gradual development of ideas about the atmosphere during the seventeenth century, revealing an ecologically devastating shift in Western attitudes toward the air.

This book is a major contribution to the critical understanding of early modern notions of climate and climate change, and it is sure to captivate readers with its thorough research, creative insights, and bracing surprises.

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