The Function of Scientific Metaphor in Thoreau’s Walden

Robert Tindol, Shantou University  Download PDF Version Abstract Henry David Thoreau’s Walden has often been lauded for its philosophical advice “to simplify” and for its energetic response to the question of how human beings fit into the natural world. In terms of...

Autopoiesis and Cummings’ Cat

Aaron M. Moe, Washington State University  Download PDF Version Abstract Cummings shattered language, but he did so with precision. The result is a visual poem marked by extreme linguistic upheaval permeated with mathematical and pictorial order—a poem, in other...