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A Dictionary of American Proverbs
Av Wolfgang Mieder, Stewart A. Kingsbury m. fl.
Inbunden, 1992
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1375 kr
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This is an authoritative and hugely browsable treasury of over 15,000 sayings, adages, and maxims commonly used in the United States and Canada, including thousands that have never previously been recorded. Based on oral and written sources, it is the culmination of over 40 years' research, and …
A Dictionary of Wellerisms
Av Wolfgang Mieder, Stewart A. Kingsbury
Inbunden, 1994
435 kr
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The wellerism - so called in English because it is a form of expression typical or reminiscent of Sam Weller or his father, two celebrated characters in Dickens's Pickwick Papers - is a major subtype of the proverb. It consists of three parts: a speech or statement (often a proverb), identification …
"Right Makes Might"
Proverbs and the American Worldview
Inbunden, 2019
1105 kr
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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 …
"Right Makes Might"
Proverbs and the American Worldview
Häftad, 2019
397 kr
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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 …
Politics of Proverbs
From Traditional Wisdom to Proverbial Stereotypes
Häftad, 1997
219 kr
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Politicians from classical to modern times have deployed proverbs effectively in their rhetoric. This text considers the power of these bits of borrowed wisdom using examples such as Hitler's ""Mein Kampf"", the rhetoric of Winston Churchill and the politics of the Cold War.
Proverbial Bernard Shaw
An Index to Proverbs in the Works of George Bernard Shaw
Av Geroge B. Bryan, Wolfgang Mieder
Inbunden, 1994
1066 kr
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Bernard Shaw was a prolific author of book reviews, novels, plays, criticism, essays, and correspondence. Throughout his voluminous writings, proverbs occur repeatedly. This book is a comprehensive index to proverbs in Shaw's writings. An introductory chapter discusses the importance of proverbs in …
Proverbial Winston S. Churchill
An Index to Proverbs in the Works of Sir Winston Churchill
Av Wolfgang Mieler, Michael Morgan m. fl.
Inbunden, 1995
1066 kr
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Winston S. Churchill often used proverbs in his many speeches, correspondence, and other writings. This book is a detailed index to proverbs in his works. An introductory essay explores the importance of proverbs in Churchill's writings. The essay is followed by an index to proverbs, based on the …
Proverbial Eugene O'Neill
An Index to Proverbs in the Works of Eugene Gladstone O'Neill
Av George B. Bryan, Geroge B. Bryan m. fl.
Inbunden, 1995
1066 kr
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Proverbial language figures prominently in the works of Eugene O'Neill (1883-1953), the recipient of four Pulitzer prizes and a Nobel laureateship for literature. This book is a directory to the proverbs, proverbial expressions, and proverbial comparisons in O'Neill's 50 dramas and numerous …
Proverbs
A Handbook
Inbunden, 2004
786 kr
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Proverbs offer a concise record of folk wisdom and have appeared in oral tradition, literature, art, and popular culture for centuries. Written by the foremost authority on proverbs, this reference gives high school students, undergraduates, and general readers a concise yet comprehensive overview …
Pied Piper
A Handbook
Inbunden, 2006
786 kr
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Few figures are as famous, mysterious, and influential as the Pied Piper, the notorious catcher of rats and children. With his magical music he was able to bewitch anyone and anything to follow him blindly, and he continues to influence the contemporary imagination. This book overviews the history …
Dictionary of Anglo-American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases Found in Literary Sources of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Av Wolfgang Mieder, George B. Bryan
Inbunden, 2005
1742 kr
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A Dictionary of Anglo-American Proverbs & Proverbial Phrases Found in Literary Sources of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries is a unique collection of proverbial language found in literary contexts. It includes proverbial materials from a multitude of plays, (auto)biographies of well-known …
Wise Words (RLE Folklore)
Essays on the Proverb
Inbunden, 2015
3083 kr
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The twenty essays that comprise this book, which was first published in 1994, were written by leading paremiologists and folklorists from Africa, Canada, Great Britain, Germany and the US. They represent the best scholarship on proverbs in the English language, and together they give an impressive …
Wise Words (RLE Folklore)
Essays on the Proverb
Häftad, 2016
1170 kr
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This book is the first volume in the Garland Folklore Casebook series. It contains 20 essays on various aspects of proverb studies. These 20 essays touch upon the major concerns of paremiology, and they are representative results of the trends and themes of modem proverb scholarship.
Tradition and Innovation in Folk Literature
Inbunden, 2015
3544 kr
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In this book, first published in 1987, Wolfgang Mieder follows the intriguing trail of some of the best known pieces of folk literature, tracing them from their roots to modern uses in advertising, journalism, politics, cartoons, and poetry. He reveals both the remarkable adaptability of these …
Tradition and Innovation in Folk Literature
Häftad, 2017
715 kr
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In this book, first published in 1987, Wolfgang Mieder follows the intriguing trail of some of the best known pieces of folk literature, tracing them from their roots to modern uses in advertising, journalism, politics, cartoons, and poetry. He reveals both the remarkable adaptability of these …
Tradition and Innovation in Folk Literature
E-bok, 2015
837 kr
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In this book, first published in 1987, Wolfgang Mieder follows the intriguing trail of some of the best known pieces of folk literature, tracing them from their roots to modern uses in advertising, journalism, politics, cartoons, and poetry. He reveals both the remarkable adaptability of these …
Tradition and Innovation in Folk Literature
E-bok, 2015
812 kr
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In this book, first published in 1987, Wolfgang Mieder follows the intriguing trail of some of the best known pieces of folk literature, tracing them from their roots to modern uses in advertising, journalism, politics, cartoons, and poetry. He reveals both the remarkable adaptability of these …
Wise Words (RLE Folklore)
Essays on the Proverb
E-bok, 2015
1374 kr
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The twenty essays that comprise this book, which was first published in 1994, were written by leading paremiologists and folklorists from Africa, Canada, Great Britain, Germany and the US. They represent the best scholarship on proverbs in the English language, and together they give an impressive …
Wise Words (RLE Folklore)
Essays on the Proverb
E-bok, 2015
1330 kr
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The twenty essays that comprise this book, which was first published in 1994, were written by leading paremiologists and folklorists from Africa, Canada, Great Britain, Germany and the US. They represent the best scholarship on proverbs in the English language, and together they give an impressive …
«Proverbs Speak Louder Than Words»
Wisdom in Art, Culture, Folklore, History, Literature and Mass Media
Inbunden, 2008
1117 kr
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The ten chapters of «Proverbs Speak Louder Than Words» present a composite picture of the richness of proverbs as significant expressions of folk wisdom as is manifest from their appearance in art, culture, folklore, history, literature, and the mass media. The first chapter surveys the …
«Yes We Can»
Barack Obama’s Proverbial Rhetoric
Häftad, 2009
431 kr
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As President Barack Obama outlined his promise for change during the presidential campaign, he made effective use of proverbs and proverbial phrases, and invented many quotable epithets that have all the makings of future proverbs. This book examines how Obama’s natural and authentic reliance on …
Russkie Poslovitsy
Russian Proverbs in Literature, Politics, and Pedagogy- Festschrift for Kevin J. McKenna in Celebration of His Sixty-Fifth Birthday
Inbunden, 2012
945 kr
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This unique Festschrift in honor of Professor Kevin J. McKenna on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday is different from most such celebratory essay volumes in that it does not consist of essays from various authors but is rather a collection of fourteen of his most significant publications on …
Proverbs Are Never Out of Season
Popular Wisdom in the Modern Age
Häftad, 2012
475 kr
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This book takes an engaging look at the significance of traditional proverbs and their variation in the modern world. From sales pitch to propagandistic tool, Wolfgang Mieder looks at how we adapt proverbs to rapidly changing social attitudes – the original wording of proverbs changes to fit modern …
Proverbs
A Handbook
Häftad, 2012
485 kr
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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 …
«All Men and Women Are Created Equal»
Elizabeth Cady Stanton’s and Susan B. Anthony’s Proverbial Rhetoric Promoting Women’s Rights
Inbunden, 2014
1153 kr
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Even a cursory glance at the letters, speeches, and essays of Elizabeth Cady Stanton (1815–1902) and Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906) reveals that these two nineteenth-century feminists relied on Biblical and folk proverbs to make their relentless case for the equality of men and women before the law …
From Goethe to Novalis
Studies in Classicism and Romanticism: "Festschrift" for Dennis F. Mahoney in Celebration of his Sixty-Fifth Birthday
Inbunden, 2014
1330 kr
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This Festschrift in honor of Dennis F. Mahoney’s sixty-fifth birthday is somewhat different from the standard Festschrift: rather than present essays from various authors, this Festschrift collects twenty-one of Mahoney’s most important English-language publications on German Classicism and …
Dagara Verbal Art
An African Tradition
Av Paschal Kyoore, Wolfgang Mieder
Inbunden, 2018
1451 kr
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Dagara Verbal Art examines verbal art among the Dagara people of West Africa. It provides invaluable primary material for research, and does a close analysis of folktale narration, proverb usage, riddling, chanting of dirges and popular songs by male and female praise singers, and xylophone music …
Contexts of Folklore
Festschrift for Dan Ben-Amos on His Eighty-Fifth Birthday
Av Simon Bronner, Wolfgang Mieder
Inbunden, 2019
1485 kr
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Dan Ben-Amos famously ushered in the performance turn in folklore studies in the 1970s with his paradigm-changing definition of folklore as "artistic communication in small groups." He went on to make profound contributions to issues of folktale, folk speech, genre, cultural memory, biblical and …
Transatlantic Culture Trade
Caribbean Creole Proverbs from Africa, Europe, and the Caribbean
Av Desrine Bogle, Wolfgang Mieder
Inbunden, 2020
573 kr
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This unique collection, The Transatlantic Culture Trade: Caribbean Creole Proverbs from Africa, Europe, and the Caribbean, celebrates indigenous Caribbean Creole languages and one of their associated cultural vectors, Creole proverbs. It is particularly timely as 2019 has been designated by the …
Essays on German Literature and the Holocaust
Festschrift for David A. Scrase in Celebration of His Eightieth Birthday
Inbunden, 2019
1485 kr
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This celebratory volume consists of nineteen previously published essays by Professor David A. Scrase. These English-language essays are divided into three sections: (1) studies on the twentieth-century German author Wilhelm Lehmann; (2) literary studies on Johannes Bobrowski, Ludwig Greve, Stephan …
