Ship of state : the nautical metaphors of Thomas Jefferson : with numerous examples by other writers from classical antiquity to the present / Charles A. Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Miller, Charles A. (Charles Allen), 1937-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Language.

Jefferson, Thomas.

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826--Writing skill.

Jefferson, Thomas, 1743-1826.

Metaphor--Political aspects--United States--History--18th century.

Metaphor.

Naval art and science--Terminology.

Naval art and science.

Metaphor--Political aspects.

History.

United States.

Genre:

Terminology.

Dictionaries.

Physical Description:

195 pages ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : University Press of America, [2003]

Summary:

A remarkable feature of Jefferson's writing is his frequent and inventive use of nautical metaphors, mainly varieties of ship-of-state and ocean-of-life. Organized in two parts, an essay and an anthology, Ship of State gathers and examines, for the first time, approximately 100 of these metaphors. Charles Miller shows how the metaphors confirm Jefferson's stature as a stylist and enrich our interpretation of his thoughts on politics and ethics, friendship and slavery, Monticello and the end of life.

Contents:

3. Jefferson's Nautical Metaphors 31

4. Jefferson's Non-Nautical Metaphors 43

5. Nautical Metaphors Since Jefferson's Death in 1826 57

6. Jefferson, the Nautical Metaphor and Modern Metaphor Theory 81

I. Jefferson's Nautical Metaphors 107

II. Jefferson's Non-Nautical Metaphors 124

III. Nautical Metaphors by Other Authors 129

A. Before Jefferson's Death in 1826 131

B. Since Jefferson's Death 149.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [180]-190) and index.

ISBN:

0761825169

OCLC:

51728742