Wolfgang Mieder is university distinguished professor emeritus of German and folklore at University of Vermont. He has published well over one hundred books, including Behold the Proverbs of a People: Proverbial Wisdom in Culture, Literature, and Politics, published by University Press of Mississippi, and is the leading expert on proverbs in the world. He is the founding editor of Proverbium: Yearbook of International Proverb Scholarship.
27 Ebooks por Wolfgang Mieder
Wolfgang Mieder: "Right Makes Might"
"A powerful and timely addition to the literature of rhetoric and folklore." -Choice In 1860, Abraham Lincoln employed the proverb Right makes might-opposite of the more aggressive Might ma …
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€19.24
Wolfgang Mieder: Behold the Proverbs of a People
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 wisdom’s internat …
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€29.99
Wolfgang Mieder: Beim Wort genommen
Wolfgang Mieder, University Distinguished Professor of German and Folklore” an der University of Vermont, Burlington; zahlreiche Auszeichnungen, zwei Ehrendoktor-Titel, über 100 wissenschaftliche Büc …
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€8.99
Wolfgang Mieder: Beim Wort genommen
Wolfgang Mieder, University Distinguished Professor of German and Folklore” an der University of Vermont, Burlington; zahlreiche Auszeichnungen, zwei Ehrendoktor-Titel, über 100 wissenschaftliche Büc …
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€8.99
Wolfgang Mieder: Tradition and Innovation in Folk Literature
In this book, first published in 1987, Wolfgang Mieder follows the intriguing trail of some of the best known pieces of folk literature, tracing them from their roots to modern uses in advertising, j …
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€47.84
Wolfgang Mieder: Tradition and Innovation in Folk Literature
In this book, first published in 1987, Wolfgang Mieder follows the intriguing trail of some of the best known pieces of folk literature, tracing them from their roots to modern uses in advertising, j …
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€47.68
Wolfgang Mieder: Wise Words Pbdirect
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 repre …
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€75.50
Wolfgang Mieder: Wise Words Pbdirect
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 repre …
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€75.82
Wolfgang Mieder: Russkie Poslovitsy : Russian Proverbs in Literature, Politics, and Pedagogy Festschrift for Kevin J. McKenna in Celebration of His Sixty-Fifth Birthday
This unique Festschrift in honor of Professor Kevin J. Mc Kenna on the occasion of his sixty-fifth birthday is different from most such celebratory essay volumes in that it does not consist of essays …
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€94.43
Wolfgang Mieder: Behold the Proverbs of a People
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 wisdom’s internat …
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€38.52
Dictionary of Modern Proverbs
"You can’t unring a bell." "It takes a village to raise a child." "Life is just a bowl of cherries." We sometimes think of proverbs as expressions of ancient wisdom, but …
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€25.85
Jarmo Korhonen & Wolfgang Mieder: Phraseologie global – areal – regional
Der vorliegende Sammelband vereint Beiträge, die als Plenarvorträge oder Sektionsreferate auf der internationalen Konferenz ‘EUROPHRAS 2008’ in Helsinki gehalten wurden. Der inhaltliche Schwerpunkt d …
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€98.00
Wolfgang Mieder: ‘Right Makes Might’
In 1860 Abraham Lincoln employed the proverb, Right makes might, (opposite of the more aggressive Might makes right) in his famed Cooper Union address. While Lincoln did not originate the proverb, hi …
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€18.99
Wolfgang Mieder: Dictionary of Authentic American Proverbs
Dictionary of Authentic American Proverbs offers a comprehensive reference guide for distinctly American proverbs. Compiled by Wolfgang Mieder, a key figure in the field of proverb studies, this comp …
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€34.99
Wolfgang Mieder: English Proverbs
Wer eine Sprache richtig gut lernen möchte, kommt um ihre Sprichwörter nicht herum. Das Buch enthält rund 1200 Sprichwörter, die sprachlich und sachlich erläutert wie auch zeitlich eingeordnet werden …
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€7.99
Anna T. Litovkina & Hrisztalina Hrisztova-Gotthardt: Anti-Proverbs in Five Languages
This book is the first comparative study of English, German, French, Russian and Hungarian anti-proverbs based on well-known proverbs. Proverbs are by no means fossilized texts but are adaptable to d …
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€96.29
Dagmar C. G. Lorenz: A Companion to the Works of Elias Canetti
New essays providing a comprehensive scholarly introduction to the great writer and thinker Canetti. The Bulgarian-born scholar and author Elias Canetti was one of the most astute witnesses and analy …
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€29.99
Wolfgang Mieder: English Expressions. Niveau B1–C1 (GER)
Redensarten und Vergleiche sind im Englischen sehr verbreitet, sie zu beherrschen ist für die Lernenden einer Fremdsprache wichtig. In dieser Sammlung werden über 1000 Beispiele präsentiert und komme …
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€4.99
Wolfgang Mieder: "Right Makes Might"
"A powerful and timely addition to the literature of rhetoric and folklore." -Choice In 1860, Abraham Lincoln employed the proverb Right makes might-opposite of the more aggressive Might ma …
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€19.21
Anna T. Litovkina & Wolfgang Mieder: Marriage Seen through Proverbs and Anti-Proverbs
This book explores various aspects of marriage and the ways it is viewed and conceptualized in the body of Anglo-American anti-proverbs (or proverb transformations). It also depicts those who contrib …
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€119.93
Wolfgang Mieder: Proverbs Are The Best Policy
Mieder introduces this survey with an examination of what characterizes American proverbs, what are their origins, and how they have spread internationally with the expansion of America’s political r …
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€25.62
