Jing Tian

The Multidimensional Metaphorical Network and Ecological Philosophy in Emily Dickinson’s Garden Poetry

This thesis examines Emily Dickinson’s garden poetry by establishing the epistemological commensurability between cognitive poetics and ecopoetics. Grounded in embodied horticultural practice, by applying Conceptual Metaphor Theory (CMT) and Conceptual Blending Theory (CBT), this...