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Fire Metaphors: Discourses of Awe and Authority (2016)
Book
Charteris-Black, J. (2016). Fire Metaphors: Discourses of Awe and Authority. (1). Bloomsbury Publishing. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781474219556

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 m... Read More about Fire Metaphors: Discourses of Awe and Authority.

Chapter 8. The ‘dull roar’ and the ‘burning barbed wire pantyhose’: Complex metaphor in accounts of chronic pain (2016)
Book Chapter
Charteris-Black, J. Chapter 8. The ‘dull roar’ and the ‘burning barbed wire pantyhose’: Complex metaphor in accounts of chronic pain. . John Benjamins Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1075/milcc.6.08cha