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Proverbs Are Never Out of Season: Popular Wisdom in the Modern Age
Proverbs Are Never Out of Season Popular Wisdom in the Modern Age
Author: Wolfgang Mieder
An engaging look at the significance of traditional proverbs and their variations in the modern world from the world's foremost expert on proverbs. Mieder looks at how we adapt proverbs to rapidly changing social attitudes, investigates the origins of proverbs, and demolishes the myth that Benjamin Franklin was a prolific coiner of proverbs. 36 ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780195077285
ISBN-10: 0195077288
Publication Date: 5/6/1993
Pages: 304
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Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Book Type: Hardcover
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