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The Politics of Proverbs: From Traditional Wisdom to Proverbial Stereotypes
The Politics of Proverbs From Traditional Wisdom to Proverbial Stereotypes
Author: Wolfgang Mieder
Proverbs, though anonymous, speak with great authority, and politicians from classical to modern times have deployed them effectively in their rhetoric. In looking at political proverbs in the twentieth century, Wolfgang Miederthe leading expert on proverbs todayoffers proof of the power of these bits of borrowed wisdom to serve any master ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780299154509
ISBN-10: 0299154505
Publication Date: 4/1997
Pages: 260
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Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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