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9783631648728 | Peter Lang Pub Inc, September 10, 2015, cover price $140.95
Product Description: 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 wisdomâs 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...read more
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9781628461404 | Univ Pr of Mississippi, October 30, 2014, cover price $75.00 | About this edition: 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 wisdomâs international currency.
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9789004274396 | Brill Academic Pub, September 1, 2014, cover price $120.00
Product Description: Whether in slogans, catchphrases, adages or proverbs, we encounter mottos every day, but we rarely take time to reflect on them. In Of Mottos and Morals: Simple Words for Complex Virtues, Martin explores the possibility that mottos themselves are worthy of serious thought, examining how they contribute to moral guidance and help us grapple with complexity...read more
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9781442221291 | Rowman & Littlefield Pub Inc, December 13, 2012, cover price $61.00 | About this edition: Whether in slogans, catchphrases, adages or proverbs, we encounter mottos every day, but we rarely take time to reflect on them.
Product Description: The book comprises a comprehensive survey of the multifaceted nature of proverbs as colorful expressions of folk wisdom. The first part deals with the definition and classification of proverbs, including such matters as proverb markers and meanings, origin and dissemination, traditional forms related to proverbs, and types of proverb collections...read more
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9780313326981 | Greenwood Pub Group, June 30, 2004, cover price $67.00 | About this edition: Defines and classifies proverbs, and explores their occurrence in oral tradition, literature, art, and popular culture.
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9781433120244 | Peter Lang Pub Inc, May 1, 2012, cover price $41.95 | About this edition: The book comprises a comprehensive survey of the multifaceted nature of proverbs as colorful expressions of folk wisdom.
Product Description: This book takes an engaging look at the significance of traditional proverbs and their variation in the modern world. From sales pitch to propagandistic tool, Wolfgang Mieder looks at how we adapt proverbs to rapidly changing social attitudes â the original wording of proverbs changes to fit modern advertising slogans or political rhetoric, misogynist sayings become feminist slogans, and late medieval woodcuts illustrating proverbs find their modern equivalents in political cartoons and comic strips...read more
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9780195077285 | Oxford Univ Pr, May 6, 1993, cover price $27.50 | About this edition: Looks at the roles traditional proverbs play in modern society, from advertising to propaganda, and traces the origins of specific proverbs
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9781433119910 | Peter Lang Pub Inc, May 1, 2012, cover price $41.95 | About this edition: This book takes an engaging look at the significance of traditional proverbs and their variation in the modern world.
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9780028634197 | Frommer, February 1, 2000, cover price $9.95 | also contains Wisdom Literature and the Structure of Proverbs | About this edition: Offers information and advice on where to stay and eat and what to see, and includes a section on the Sydney 2000 Olympic games
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9780271009292 | Pennsylvania State Univ Pr, September 1, 1993, cover price $47.95
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9780028634197, titled "Frommer''s 2000 Portable Sydney" | Frommer, February 1, 2000, cover price $9.95 | also contains Frommer''s 2000 Portable Sydney | About this edition: Offers information and advice on where to stay and eat and what to see, and includes a section on the Sydney 2000 Olympic games
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