Right Makes Might
Proverbs and the American Worldview
In 1860 Abraham Lincoln employed the proverb, Right makes might, (opposite of the more aggressive Might makes right) in his famed Cooper Union address. While Lincoln did not originate the proverb, his use of it in this critical speech indicates that the 14th century phrase had taken on new ethical and democratic connotations in the 19th century. In this collection, famed scholar of proverbs Wolfgang Mieder explores the multifaceted use and function of proverbs through the history of the United States, from their early beginnings up through their use by today's well-known politicians, including Barack Obama, Hillary Rodham Clinton, and Bernie…
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- ISBN: 978-0-253-04037-4
- EAN: 9780253040374
- Produktnummer: 30775842
- Verlag: Indiana University Press
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
- Seitenangabe: 382 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 857 KB
Über den Autor
Wolfgang Mieder is University Distinguished Professor of German and Folklore at the University of Vermont. He is the founding editor of Proverbium: Yearbook of International Proverb Scholarship. His most recent books include Behold the Proverbs of a People: Proverbial Wisdom in Culture, Literature, and Politics and Entkernte Weisheiten: Modifizierte Sprichwörter in Literatur, Medien und Karikaturen.
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