Dictionary of European Proverbs
Dictionary of European Proverbs

Author: Emanuel Strauss

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-11-12

Total Pages: 2050

ISBN-13: 1134864612

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This Dictionary contains over 50,000 proverbs, in some 70 European languages and dialects, arranged in 2,500 sets. It is the fruits of over 40 years of collection and research, the only collection of proverbs on anything like this scale ever to be published anywhere in the world. Emanuel Strauss has trawled through innumerable collections of proverbs in all languages, from early printed books and rare items to the latest theses and journals, and grouped together many thousands of proverbs in sets of equivalent meaning. Comprehensive indexes for each language provide access to any proverb by way of its key words. A critical bibliography musters some 500 items, from incunabula to the current decade.

Proverbs are Never Out of Season
Proverbs are Never Out of Season

Author: Wolfgang Mieder

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 1993

Total Pages: 312

ISBN-13:

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An engaging look at the significance of traditional proverbs and their variations in the modern world from the world's foremost expert on proverbs. Mieder looks at how we adapt proverbs to rapidly changing social attitudes, investigates the origins of proverbs, and demolishes the myth that Benjamin Franklin was a prolific coiner of proverbs. 36 halftones. Line drawings.