The Proverbial Abraham Lincoln
An Index to Proverbs in the Works of Abraham Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln's political and moral stature as a major public figure of the nineteenth century is indisputable and well attested to in his published works. His use of proverbial language added rhetorical prowess to his speeches, letters, proclamations, and memoranda. Both his oral and written communications are replete with metaphorical and colloquial language in the form of proverbs, proverbial expressions, proverbial comparisons, wellerisms, twin formulas, and triads. His effective employment of Biblical and folk proverbs, as well as proverbial phrases, makes him a masterful orator and writer. Of special interest in this regard is his rhe…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8204-4955-5
- EAN: 9780820449555
- Produktnummer: 19042147
- Verlag: Peter Lang Publishing Inc
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2000
- Seitenangabe: 209 S.
- Masse: H15.9 cm x B23.7 cm x D1.7 cm 422 g
- Gewicht: 422
- Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)
Über den Autor
The Author: Wolfgang Mieder is Professor of German and Folklore at the University of Vermont. In addition to editing Proverbium: Yearbook of International Proverb Scholarship, he is the author or co-author of numerous other books on proverbs, including A Dictionary of American Proverbs (1992); Proverbs Are Never Out of Season: Popular Wisdom in the Modern Age (1993); Wise Words: Essays on the Proverb (1994); The Proverbial Winston S. Churchill (1995); Proverbs in World Literature: A Bibliography (1996); The Proverbial Harry S. Truman (1997); The Politics of Proverbs; From Traditional Wisdom to Proverbial Stereotypes (1997); and Proverb Iconography: An International Bibliography (1999).
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