Behold the Proverbs of a People: Proverbial Wisdom in Culture, Literature, and Politics

by Wolfgang Mieder

Book Overview

The thirteen chapters of this book comprise an intriguing and informative entry into the world of proverb scholarship, illustrating that proverbs have always been and continue to be wisdom's international currency. The first section of the book focuses on the field of paremiology (proverb studies) in general, the spread of Anglo-American proverbs in Europe, and the phenomenon of modern proverbs. The second section analyzes the use of proverbs in the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496814657
• ISBN13: 9781496814654
• Release Date: September 2017
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 498 Pages
• Weight: 1.59 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"