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 compendium features nearly 1,500 proverbs with American origins, spanning the 17th century to present day, including a scholarly introduction exploring the history of proverbs in America, the structure and variants of these proverbs, known authors and sources, and cultural values expressed in these proverbs. Along with a comprehensive bibliography of proverb collections and interpretive scholarship, this dictionary offers a glimpse into the history of American social and cultural attitudes through uniquely American language.

Author: Wolfgang Mieder
Publisher: Berghahn Books
Published: 09/17/2021
Pages: 242
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 0.8lbs
Size: 8.11h x 4.88w x 0.79d
ISBN: 9781800731318

About the Author
Mieder, Wolfgang: -

Wolfgang Mieder is the University Distinguished Professor of German and Folklore at the University of Vermont since 1971. He is the founding editor of Proverbium: Yearbook of International Proverb Scholarship (1984-), and his publications include Behold the Proverbs of a People: Proverbial Wisdom in Culture, Literature, and Politics (Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 2014) and "Right Makes Might" Proverbs and the American Worldview (Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 2019).