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Famous users of metaphors include [[Shakespeare]] and [[Milton]]. [[Henry David Thoreau]] wrote, "We are all sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh and bones." [[Ralph Waldo Emerson]] recommended "Hitch your wagon to a star."
Famous users of metaphors include [[Shakespeare]] and [[Milton]]. [[Henry David Thoreau]] wrote, "We are all sculptors and painters, and our material is our own flesh and bones." [[Ralph Waldo Emerson]] recommended "Hitch your wagon to a star."
In political theory the metaphor of the "body politic" (that is government as a human body) has inspired work for 2500 years.<ref>A.D. Harvey, "The Body Politic: Anatomy of a Metaphor," ''Contemporary Review'' v. 275#1602 August 1999. pp 85+. [http://www.questia.com/read/5001298054?title=The%20Body%20Politic%3a%20Anatomy%20of%20a%20Metaphor online at Questia]</ref>
==Further reading==
==Further reading==
* Avis, Paul. ''God and the Creative Imagination: Metaphor, Symbol, and Myth in Religion and Theology'' (1999) [http://www.questia.com/read/102871007?title=God%20and%20the%20Creative%20Imagination%3a%20Metaphor%2c%20Symbol%2c%20and%20Myth%20in%20Religion%20and%20Theology onlineedition]
* Brandell, Jerrold R. ''Of Mice and Metaphors: Therapeutic Storytelling with Children'' (2000) [http://www.questia.com/read/100480020?title=Of%20Mice%20and%20Metaphors%3a%20Therapeutic%20Storytelling%20with%20Children excerpt and text search]
* Grothe, Mardy. ''I Never Metaphor I Didn't Like: A Comprehensive Compilation of History's Greatest Analogies, Metaphors, and Similes'' (2008) [http://www.amazon.com/Never-Metaphor-Didnt-Like-Comprehensive/dp/0061358134/ref=pd_cp_b_3 excerpt and text search] compiles 2000 analogies, metaphors, and similes.
* Grothe, Mardy. ''I Never Metaphor I Didn't Like: A Comprehensive Compilation of History's Greatest Analogies, Metaphors, and Similes'' (2008) [http://www.amazon.com/Never-Metaphor-Didnt-Like-Comprehensive/dp/0061358134/ref=pd_cp_b_3 excerpt and text search] compiles 2000 analogies, metaphors, and similes.
* Lakoff, George, and Mark Johnson. ''Metaphors We Live By'' (2003) 256pp [http://www.amazon.com/Metaphors-We-Live-George-Lakoff/dp/0226468011/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256628635&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]
* Lakoff, George, and Mark Johnson. ''Metaphors We Live By'' (2003) 256pp [http://www.amazon.com/Metaphors-We-Live-George-Lakoff/dp/0226468011/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1256628635&sr=1-1 excerpt and text search]
* Medhurst, Martin J. ''Cold War Rhetoric: Strategy, Metaphor, and Ideology'' (1997) [http://www.questia.com/read/11078688?title=Cold%20War%20Rhetoric%3a%20Strategy%2c%20Metaphor%2c%20and%20Ideology online edition]
* Soskice, Janet Martin. ''Metaphor and Religious Language'' (1987) [http://www.questia.com/read/78628969?title=Metaphor%20and%20Religious%20Language online edition]
==External link==
==External link==
* [http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Metaphor "Metaphor"] in Citizendium
* [http://en.citizendium.org/wiki/Metaphor "Metaphor"] in Citizendium
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[[Category:Literary Devices]]
[[Category:Literary Devices]]