Images and Words Change and Chaos in American Culture Ioannis K. Stavriannos Explores nineteenth century American culture the study of: Dorothea Lange's photographs, Walt Whitman's, "Leaves of Grass, George Inness' paintings, the philosophical work of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Wallace Stevens' poetry, Gerald Graff's analytic work on the political consequences of literary criticism, and Howard Sankey's views on scientific realism.