caa a22 4500 46320042X CHVBK 20180405153110.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20071001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s11061-007-9039-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s11061-007-9039-y Harbus Antonina Department of English, Macquarie University, 2109, North Ryde, NSW, Australia aut Metaphors of Authority in Alfred's Prefaces [Elektronische Daten] [Antonina Harbus] This paper explores King Alfred's use of metaphors of power and authority in his prefaces to texts translated from Latin into Old English. It argues that in his prefaces, Alfred constructs a role for himself as textual mediator for the audience of his vernacular translations, or adaptations, via his use of both conventional and novel metaphors. This paper examines the ways in which secular, textual authority is presented, sustained, and negotiated by Alfred through metaphoric language in these prefaces. In particular, it explores how claims to this type of authority rely on linguistic and interpretive prowess, the rhetorical power of the vernacular, or the thematization of language itself, and are expressed through the systematic figurative association of wisdom and physical strength, an idea still very familiar today. Springer Science+Business Media, Inc., 2007 King Alfred nationallicence Prefaces nationallicence Metaphor nationallicence Authority nationallicence Power nationallicence Neophilologus Springer Netherlands 91/4(2007-10-01), 717-727 0028-2677 91:4<717 2007 91 11061 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11061-007-9039-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11061-007-9039-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Harbus Antonina Department of English, Macquarie University, 2109, North Ryde, NSW, Australia aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Neophilologus Springer Netherlands 91/4(2007-10-01), 717-727 0028-2677 91:4<717 2007 91 11061 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer