Fire metaphors : discourses of awe and authority

著者

• Charteris-Black, Jonathan

書誌事項

Fire metaphors : discourses of awe and authority

Jonathan Charteris-Black

Bloomsbury Academic, 2017

• : hb.

注記

Includes bibliographical references (p. [230]-232) and indexes

内容説明・目次

内容説明

This detailed study of fire metaphors provides a deep understanding of the purposeful work of metaphor in discourse. It analyses how and why fire metaphors are used in discourses of awe (mythology and religion) and authority (political speeches and media reports). Fire serves as a productive and salient lexical field for metaphors that seek to create awe and impose authority. These metaphors offer a rich linguistic and conceptual resource for authors of mythologies, theologies, literature, speeches and journalism, and provide insight into the rich interplay of thought, language and culture. This book explores the purpose of fire metaphors in genres ranging from the Norse sagas to religious texts, from Shakespeare to British and American political speeches. Ultimately it arrives at an understanding of the rhetorical work that metaphor accomplishes in communicating evaluations and ideologies.

目次

Table of Contents List of Figures Acknowledgements PART I: FIRE IN CULTURE, LANGUAGE AND THOUGHT 1. The Meaning of Fire 2. Investigating Fire Metaphors 3. Fire, Emotion and Cognition PART II: FIRE IN RELIGIOUS DISCOURSE 4. Fire in the Abrahamic Religions 5. Fire in Zoroastrianism 6. Fire in Hinduism PART III: FIRE IN POLITICAL DISCOURSE 7. Fire & Authority in 16th Century England: Foxe's Book of Martyrs 8. Fire Metaphors in British Political Rhetoric 9. Fire Metaphors in American Political Rhetoric 10. Fire Metaphors in Visual Media: British Political Cartoons Appendix 1 - British Sample Appendix 2 - American Sample References Index

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詳細情報

• NII書誌ID(NCID): BB22548809
• ISBN:
  • 9781472532541
• 出版国コード: uk
• タイトル言語コード: eng
• 本文言語コード: eng
• 出版地: London
• ページ数/冊数: 238 p.
• 大きさ: 24 cm