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 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. The second section analyzes the use of proverbs
in the world of politics, including a chapter on President Obama,
while the third concentrates on the uses of proverbs in literature.
The final section ends with detailed cultural studies of the
origin, history, dissemination, use, function, and meaning of
specific proverbs.
Noted scholar Wolfgang Mieder shows that proverbs matter in
culture, literature, and politics. Proverbs remain part and parcel
of oral and written communication, and, he demonstrates, they
deserve to be studied from a range of viewpoints. While various
chapters deal with a variety of issues and approaches, they cohere
through a rhetorical perspective that looks at the text, texture,
and context of proverbs as speech acts that make a noteworthy
impact on culture and society. Whether proverbs appear in everyday
speech, on the radio, on television, in films, on the pages of
newspapers or magazines, in advertisements, in literary works, or
in political speeches, they serve as formulaic verbal devices to
add authoritative weight through tradition, convention, and
wisdom.
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