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The Wisdom of Many: Essays on the Proverb - Softcover

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

Synopsis

Explores research on proverbs of many cultures. More than 20 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.

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About the Author

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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Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date
1994
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0299143643
ISBN 13 
9780299143640
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
350
Editor
Mieder Wolfgang, Dundes Alan