Wise words : essays on the proverb / edited by Wolfgang Mieder.
Wise words : essays on the proverb / edited by Wolfgang Mieder.
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New York : Garland, 1994.
Date
1994.
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N398.9/44
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English
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xxiii, 582 p. ; 23 cm.
Contents
The Perception of Proverbiality / Shirley L. Arora -- Foundations of Semiotic Proverb Study / Peter Grzybek -- The Linguistic Status of the Proverb / David Cram -- Analogic Ambiguity: A Paradox of Proverb Usage / Michael D. Lieber -- Do Proverbs Contradict? / Kwesi Yankah -- Proverbial Perlocutions:...
The Literary Use of Proverbs / Roger D. Abrahams and Barbara A. Babcock -- Telling It Slant: Emily Dickinson and the Proverb / Daniel R. Barnes -- The Fable and the Proverb: Intertexts and Reception / Pack Carnes -- "When Adam Delved . . .": Contexts of an Historic Proverb / Albert B. Friedman -- "T...
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New York : Garland, 1994.
Place of Publication
Connecticut
Date Published
1994.
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Wise words : essays on the proverb / edited by Wolfgang Mieder.
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Garland reference library of the humanities ; vol. 1638.
Garland folklore casebooks ; vol. 6.
Collection of twenty essays previously published in various journals and books between 1973 and 1993.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 560-580).
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N398.9/44
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ISBN
0815309422 (acid-free paper)
9780815309420 (acid-free paper)
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398.9
MMS ID
991022661809702626
