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The wisdom of many : essays on the proverb / edited by Wolfgang Mieder and Alan Dundes. [print]

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Madison, Wisconsin : University of Wisconsin Press, (c)1994.Description: xvi, 330 pages : illustrations ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780299143602
  • 9780299143640
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • PN6401
  • PN6401.D914.W573 1994
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Contents:
Archer Taylor -- Proverbs in Africa Ruth Finnegan -- On the structure of the proverb Alan Dundes -- Towards a structural analysis of Yiddish proverbs Beatrice Silverman-Weinreich -- The invading guest : some aspects of oral transmission Pierre Crepeau -- Toward a theory of proverb meaning Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett -- Proverbs : a social use of metaphor Peter Seitel -- Proverbs and practical reasoning : a study in socio-logic Paul D. Goodwin and Joseph W. Wenzel -- Uses of the proverb in the Synoptic Gospels William A. Beardslee -- The proverbial wisdom of Shakespeare F.P. Wilson -- The bird that fouls its nest John G. Kunstmann -- Stuff a cold and starve a fever Stuart A. Gallacher -- Reliability and validity of proverb interpretation to assess mental status Nancy C. Andreasen -- A proverb test for attitude measurement Franziska Baumgarten -- Chinese proverbs and their lessons Alfred Lister -- The humour of Spanish proverbs A.A. Parker -- Fatalistic traits in Finnish proverbs Mattit Kuusi -- Irish proverbs and Irish national character F.N. Robinson -- Tensions in proverbs : more light on international understanding Joseph Raymond -- Tradition and innovation : proverbs in advertising Barbara Meider and Wolfgang Meider.
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Originally published: New York : Garland, 1981. (Garland folklore casebooks ; volume 1)

The wisdom of many and the wit of one Archer Taylor -- Proverbs in Africa Ruth Finnegan -- On the structure of the proverb Alan Dundes -- Towards a structural analysis of Yiddish proverbs Beatrice Silverman-Weinreich -- The invading guest : some aspects of oral transmission Pierre Crepeau -- Toward a theory of proverb meaning Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett -- Proverbs : a social use of metaphor Peter Seitel -- Proverbs and practical reasoning : a study in socio-logic Paul D. Goodwin and Joseph W. Wenzel -- Uses of the proverb in the Synoptic Gospels William A. Beardslee -- The proverbial wisdom of Shakespeare F.P. Wilson -- The bird that fouls its nest John G. Kunstmann -- Stuff a cold and starve a fever Stuart A. Gallacher -- Reliability and validity of proverb interpretation to assess mental status Nancy C. Andreasen -- A proverb test for attitude measurement Franziska Baumgarten -- Chinese proverbs and their lessons Alfred Lister -- The humour of Spanish proverbs A.A. Parker -- Fatalistic traits in Finnish proverbs Mattit Kuusi -- Irish proverbs and Irish national character F.N. Robinson -- Tensions in proverbs : more light on international understanding Joseph Raymond -- Tradition and innovation : proverbs in advertising Barbara Meider and Wolfgang Meider.

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