Dictionary of Authentic American Proverbs
Dictionary of Authentic American Proverbs offers a comprehensive reference guide for distinctly American proverbs. Compiled by Wolfgang Mieder, a key figure in the field of proverb studies, this compendium features nearly 1,500 proverbs with American origins, spanning the 17th century to present day, including a scholarly introduction exploring the history of proverbs in America, the structure and variants of these proverbs, known authors and sources, and cultural values expressed in these proverbs. Along with a comprehensive bibliography of proverb collections and interpretive scholarship, this dictionary offers a glimpse into the history o…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-80073-132-5
- EAN: 9781800731325
- Produktnummer: 35862725
- Verlag: Berghahn Books
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 242 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Auflage: 1. Auflage
Über den Autor
Wolfgang Mieder is the University Distinguished Professor of German and Folklore at the University of Vermont since 1971. He is the founding editor of Proverbium: Yearbook of International Proverb Scholarship (1984-), and his publications include Behold the Proverbs of a People: Proverbial Wisdom in Culture, Literature, and Politics (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2014) and Right Makes Might: Proverbs and the American Worldview (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2019).
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