Worth a thousand words : cultural, literary, and political proverb studies /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mieder, Wolfgang (Author)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Jackson : University Press of Mississippi, 2025.
Series:	Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:	Proverbs > History and criticism. Proverbs > Political aspects. Proverbs in literature. Proverbs, American. Proverbs, American > History and criticism. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Dedication
Contents
Introduction
American Proverbs
1. "Think Outside the Box" The Wisdom and Nature of American Proverbs
2. "Proverbs Are Worth a Thousand Words" The Global Spread of American Proverbs
3. "A Friend (Not) in Need Is a Friend Indeed" Friendship in Old, Modern, and Anti-Proverbs
4. "Freedom Is Not Given, It Is Won" Democratic Principles in Modern American Proverbs
Proverbs in Politics
5. "Do unto Others as You Would Have Them Do unto You" The Humanistic Value of Proverbs in Sociopolitical Discourse
6. "Freedom Is Indivisible" John F. Kennedy's Reliance on Proverbs
7. "Concordia Domi, Foris Pax" Willy Brandt's Non-German Proverbial Rhetoric
Proverbs in Literature
8. "Stringing Proverbs Together" The Proverbial Language in Miguel de Cervantes's Don Quixote
9. "All Roads Lead to 'Perverbs' " Harry Mathews's Selected Declarations of Dependence (1977
10. "Black Is Beautiful" Hans-Jürgen Massaquoi's Proverbial Autobiography Destined to Witness (1999
Proverbs in Culture
11. "You Have to Kiss a Lot of Frogs Before You Meet Your Handsome Prince" From Fairy-Tale Motif to Modern Proverb
12. "The Word (and Phrase) Detective" A Proverbial Tribute to OED Editor John A. Simpson
13. "Injustice Anywhere Is a Threat to Justice Everywhere" From Classical to Modern Law Proverbs
Proverb Index
About the Author