All Outputs (2)

All-consuming passions: Fire metaphors in fiction (2017)
Journal Article
Charteris-Black, J. (2017). All-consuming passions: Fire metaphors in fiction

This paper discusses the role of metaphor in describing intense romantic feelings relating to love, lust and desire in American fiction. I propose that ‘passion’ integrates notions of romantic love with the related ideas of ‘lust’ and ‘desire’. Using... Read More about All-consuming passions: Fire metaphors in fiction.

Conclusion (2017)
Journal Article
Charteris-Black, J. (2017). Conclusion. Metaphor and the Social World, 7(1), 122-129. https://doi.org/10.1075/msw.7.1.08cha

The purpose of religion is to offer a unified way of thinking about the world so that it has a meaning in its totality; it makes connections between nature, man's behaviour and the cosmic order. Since metaphor is also concerned with making connection... Read More about Conclusion.