Proverbs
A Handbook
The book comprises a comprehensive survey of the multifaceted nature of proverbs as colorful expressions of folk wisdom. The first part deals with the definition and classification of proverbs, including such matters as proverb markers and meanings, origin and dissemination, traditional forms related to proverbs, and types of proverb collections. The second part presents essays on the origin, history and modern use of a variety of proverbs. There are also representative lists of proverbs from different cultures and languages, Native American proverbs, African American proverbs, etc. The third part discusses the fascinating scholarship on prov…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-1-4331-2024-4
- EAN: 9781433120244
- Produktnummer: 19042153
- Verlag: Peter Lang
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 322 S.
- Masse: H22.5 cm x B15.0 cm x D1.7 cm 454 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 454
Über den Autor
Wolfgang Mieder is Professor of German and Folklore at the University of Vermont, where he served for 31 years as the chairperson of the Department of German and Russian. He is an internationally acknowledged proverb scholar, the author of the two-volume International Bibliography of Paremiology and Phraseology (2009), and the founding editor of Proverbium: Yearbook of International Proverb Scholarship (since 1984). His numerous books and articles are concerned with cultural, folkloristic, historical, linguistic, literary, philological, social, and political topics.
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