Worth a Thousand Words: Cultural, Literary, and Political Proverb Studies

by Wolfgang Mieder

Book Overview

In 2014, Wolfgang Mieder published Behold the Proverbs of a People: Proverbial Wisdom in Culture, Literature, and Politics with the University Press of Mississippi. The book created an informative entry into the world of proverb scholarship, illustrating that proverbs have always been and continue to be wisdom's international currency. Picking up where Behold the Proverbs of a People left off, this new book brings traditional proverbs...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496858298
• ISBN13: 9781496858290
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
• Length: 384 Pages