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9780299143640: The Wisdom of Many: Essays on the Proverb
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ISBN 10 : 0299143643 ISBN 13 : 9780299143640
Editeur : University of Wisconsin Press, 1994

Synopsis

The Wisdom of Many explores research on proverbs of many cultures. More than twenty essays written by scholars of such diverse disciplines as folklore, literature, psychology, linguistics, and anthropology illustrate the significance of traditional proverbs and trace variations of proverbs over time, drawing on African, Chinese, Spanish, Finnish, Irish, and Yiddish examples.

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À propos de l'auteur

Wolfgang Mieder is professor of German and folklore and chair of the Department of German and Russian at the University of Vermont.  Author of more than sixty books on folklore and proverbs, including Proverbs Are Never Out of Season and Howl Like a Wolf: Animal Proverbs, Mieder is co-editor of A Dictionary of American Proverbs and A Dictionary of Wellerisms. Alan Dundes is professor of folklore and anthropology at the University of California&;Berkeley.  His books available from the University of Wisconsin Press include Parsing through Customs: Essays by a Freudian Folklorist and several folklore casebooks: The Cockfight, The Evil Eye, The Blood Libel Legend, Cinderella, and Little Red Riding Hood.

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Éditeur
University of Wisconsin Press
Date d'édition
1994
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0299143643
ISBN 13 
9780299143640
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
352
Éditeur
Mieder Wolfgang, Dundes Alan
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
Mare Nostrum Group B.V.
gpsr@mare-nostrum.co.uk

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