LEADER 03254nam 2200565 450 001 9910817111003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-62846-141-1 010 $a1-62674-076-3 035 $a(CKB)3710000000261649 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10956974 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001349552 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11743325 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001349552 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11398282 035 $a(PQKB)10958894 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1821010 035 $a(OCoLC)881469680 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse38118 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1821010 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10956974 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL653078 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000261649 100 $a20141031h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aBehold the proverbs of a people $eproverbial wisdom in culture, literature, and politics /$fWolfgang Mieder 210 1$aJackson, Mississippi :$cUniversity Press of Mississippi,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (500 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a1-322-21798-X 311 $a1-62846-140-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 330 $a"The thirteen chapters of this book comprise an intriguing and informative entry into the world of proverb scholarship, illustrating that proverbs have always been and continue to be wisdom's international currency. The first section of the book focuses on the field of paremiology (proverb studies) in general, the spread of Anglo-American proverbs in Europe, and the phenomenon of modern proverbs. The second section analyzes the use of proverbs in the world of politics, including a chapter on President Obama, while the third concentrates on the uses of proverbs in literature. The final section ends with detailed cultural studies of the origin, history, dissemination, use, function, and meaning of specific proverbs.Noted scholar Wolfgang Mieder shows that proverbs matter in culture, literature, and politics. Proverbs remain part and parcel of oral and written communication, and, he demonstrates, they deserve to be studied from a range of viewpoints. While various chapters deal with a variety of issues and approaches, they cohere through a rhetorical perspective that looks at the text, texture, and context of proverbs as speech acts that make a noteworthy impact on culture and society. Whether proverbs appear in everyday speech, on the radio, on television, in films, on the pages of newspapers or magazines, in advertisements, in literary works, or in political speeches, they serve as formulaic verbal devices to add authoritative weight through tradition, convention, and wisdom"--$cProvided by publisher. 606 $aProverbs$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aProverbs$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a398.9/09 686 $aSOC041000$aSOC002010$aLAN015000$2bisacsh 700 $aMieder$b Wolfgang$0199675 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910817111003321 996 $aBehold the proverbs of a people$94010326 997 $aUNINA