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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Brown, Stephen J.M. (Stephen James Meredith), 1881-1962. World of imagery. New York, Russell & Russell, 1966 (OCoLC)590009291 |
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Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Stephen J M Brown |
OCLC Number: | 287492 |
Notes: | Originally published in 1927. |
Description: | vi, 352 pages 23 cm |
Contents: | pt. 1. Theory. Genesis and raison d'étre of metaphor ; The nature of metaphor ; The functions of metaphor ; The source of imagery ; Simile ; Minor forms of imagery -- pt. 2. Application. Metaphor and the science of language ; Imagery in rhetoric and composition ; Illustration in homiletics ; Metaphor and logic ; Metaphor and theology ; Metaphor in common speech -- pt. 3. Illustration. The body and dress ; Familiar objects ; Food and common substances ; The "elements" ; Aspects of nature ; The plant world ; Animals ; Arts and crafts ; Occupations and common activities ; The sciences. |
Responsibility: | by Stephen J. Brown. |
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