Philip Steer, Massey University
Just as writers and artists today are responding to the Anthropocene through climate fiction and eco art, earlier generations chronicled an environmental crisis that presaged humanity’s global impact.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://sciblogs.co.nz/guestwork/2020/12/04/the-forgotten-environmental-crisis-how-20th-century-settler-writers-foreshadowed-the-anthropocene/