Myth, Metaphor and Science

This series of essays by Alan Wall explores the way in which language is used in fiction, poetry and science. The essays address recurrent problems in contemporary writing and can be opened as PDFs. They are also available in the book Myth, Metaphor and Science, published by Chester Academic Press.

Putting the 'I' in the Middle: A Few Thoughts on the Modern Essay

Dilemmas of the Modern Fiction Writer

A Note on Defamiliarization

Poetry and Form

A Note on Translation

Metaphor

Creative and Destructive Writing

Myth and the Modern Writer

Writing Science: Part One

Writing Science: Part Two ‘The Most Beautiful Experiment’,

written by Goronwy Tudor Jones and Alan Wall.