Myth, metaphor and science /

This book explores the way in which language is used in fiction, poetry and science. It examines the role of metaphor in structuring our thought, and questions any simplistic notion of creativity. There is an enquiry into the significance of myth for the modern writer. Why do our earliest narratives...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Wall, Alan
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chester [England] : Chester Academic Press, 2009.
Subjects:
Metaphor.
Metaphor in literature.
Literature and myth.
Technical writing.
Creative writing.
Science > Language.
Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Métaphore.
Métaphore dans la littérature.
Littérature et mythe.
Rédaction technique.
Création littéraire.
Sciences > Langage.
metaphor.
technical writing.
Creative writing
Literature and myth
Metaphor
Metaphor in literature
Science > Language
Technical writing
Literature
Literature.
Littérature.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • ""Front cover""; ""Title pages""; ""Copyright page""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Putting the 'I' in the middle: A Few Thoughts on the Modern Essay""; ""Burning Books""; ""The Revolution""; ""Fragmentation""; ""A Few Examples of Contemporary Fragmentation""; ""A Note on Defamiliarization""; ""The Purpose of Defamiliarization""; ""Poetry and Form""; ""Easter-Wings""; ""The Question of Rhetoric""; ""The Words""; ""A Note on Translation""; ""Metaphor""; ""The Topographic Metaphor""; ""Cliche""; ""Metaphor and Language""; ""Non-Visual Metaphors""; ""Conclusion""; ""Writing Science: Part One""
  • ""The Explanatory Analogy""""Writing Science: Part Two""; ""The Most Beautiful Experiment
  • Goronwy Tudor Jones and Alan Wall""; ""The Two-Slit Experiment with Electrons""; ""Waves and Particles""; ""Classical Determinism""; ""Parenthesis on Naming""; ""Figure Credits""; ""Back Cover""

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