1. Aristotle - "Poetics" - 335 BCE - Various publishers - Page numbers may vary depending on the edition
2. David J. Peterson - "The Art of Language Invention" - 2015 - Penguin Books - 304 pages
3. David Punter - "Metaphor and Literature: Theories and Approaches" - 1996 - Routledge - 240 pages
4. Gerard J. Steen - "Metaphor in Literature: A Cognitive Perspective" - 1999 - John Benjamins Publishing Company - 363 pages
5. Raymond W. Gibbs Jr. - "Metaphor in Discourse and Literature: Cognitive Perspectives" - 1994 - Cambridge University Press - 368 pages