Proverbs
Language: en
Pages: 336

Proverbs

Authors: Wolfgang Mieder
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2004-06-30 - Publisher: Greenwood

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Gives high school students, undergraduates, and general readers an introductory overview of proverbs in world culture.
Language: en
Pages: 368

"Proverbs Speak Louder Than Words"

Authors: Wolfgang Mieder
Categories: Foreign Language Study
Type: BOOK - Published: 2008 - Publisher: Peter Lang

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"This book presents a composite picture of the richness of proverbs as significant expressions of folk wisdom as is manifest from their appearance in art, cultu
The Politics of Proverbs
Language: en
Pages: 278

The Politics of Proverbs

Authors: Wolfgang Mieder
Categories: Language Arts & Disciplines
Type: BOOK - Published: 1997 - Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Press

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Demonstrates how proverbs and to a lesser extent proverbial expressions, have played a significant role in political life during the 20th century. Takes as majo
Philippine Folk Literature
Language: en
Pages: 740

Philippine Folk Literature

Authors: Damiana L. Eugenio
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher:

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Philippine Folk Literature: The Proverbs is Volume VI of the author's eight-volume Philippine Folk Literature Series. The present collection focuses on the prov
Riddles, Folktales and Proverbs from Cameroon
Language: en
Pages: 130

Riddles, Folktales and Proverbs from Cameroon

Authors: Comfort Ashu
Categories: Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010 - Publisher: African Books Collective

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In the olden days, after a day's work in the farms, children and parents returned home feeling worn out. As a sort of evening entertainment, children of the sam