Poetry and the Art of Meditation: Going behind the Symbols

The author, a scholar of philosophy, literature, and writing, has long taught at the University of Maine—Presque Isle. His current research interests include the Bible as literature, environmental ethics, philosophy of education, and literature of peace and justice. He has authored a book on American philosophy and poetry and many articles in academic journals. He is now writing a book on critical thinking and non-violence, and a work on poetry and meditation that explores what lies behind symbols.

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Stan Scott has taught philosophy, literature, and writing for many years at the University of Maine— Presque Isle. Current interests include studies in the Bible as literature, environmental ethics, philosophy of education, and literature of peace and justice. He is the author of Frontiers of Consciousness: Studies in American Philosophy and Poetry (Fordham UP, 1991, 1994) and numerous scholarly articles in such journals as Thoreau Quarterly, Philosophy and Literature, and Thought. He is currently at work on a new book on critical thinking and the practice of non-violence. Poetry and the Art of Meditation: Going behind the Symbols