Romantic Climates Literature and Science in an Age of Catastrophe
This book seeks to uncover how today’s ideas about climate and catastrophe have been formed by the thinking of Romantic poets, novelists and scientists, and how these same ideas might once more be harnessed to assist us in the new climate challenges facin
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Romantic Climates
Anne Collett • Olivia Murphy Editors
Romantic Climates Literature and Science in an Age of Catastrophe
Editors Anne Collett English Literatures & Creative Writing University of Wollongong Wollongong, NSW, Australia
Olivia Murphy Department of English University of Sydney Sydney, NSW, Australia
ISBN 978-3-030-16240-5 ISBN 978-3-030-16241-2 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-16241-2 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2019 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: The Picture Art Collection / Alamy Stock Photo This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
We dedicate this book, with love and hope, to the children who will live the challenge of the future— Ada Ruth Murphy Wood (born 24/08/2017) Eloise Anne Hui-Lin Iu (born 25/09/2018)
Acknowledgements
Much of the research included in this volume was first aired at two events held in 2016 at the University of Sydney and Victoria University of Wellington. Thanks are due to the English department and especially its chair, Liam Semler, for supporting the Sydney symposium, and to the Faculty of Law, Humanities and the Arts, University of Wollongong, for their financial assistance. In Wellington, for hosting the ‘1816–2016 Year Without a Summer Bicentenary Symposium’, we gratefully acknowledge Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa/National Library of New Zealand. For the exhibition of 1816 related texts, we thank Anthony Tedeschi, Curator of Rare Books and Fine Printing, Alexander Turnbull Library. For their financial assistance, we are indebted to the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington. We w
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