Wise Words Pbdirect - Essays on the Proverb

Summary

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 overview of the fascinating advances in the field of paremiology.

Product details

• Authors: Wolfgang Mieder, Mieder Wolfgang
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 10.02.2015
• EAN: 9781138844254
• ISBN: 978-1-138-84425-4
• No. of pages: 606
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Folklore
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Society; Society & culture: general, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Social and cultural anthropology, Literary theory, Society and culture: general