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E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/30359894 Title: The wisdom of many : essays on the proverb Author: Wolfgang Mieder; Alan Dundes Publisher: Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, ©1994. ISBN/ISSN: 0299143600 : 9780299143602 0299143643 : 9780299143640 OCLC:30359894

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The wisdom of many : essays on the proverb

Author:	Wolfgang Mieder; Alan Dundes
Publisher:	Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, ©1994.
Edition/Format:	Book : State or province government publication : EnglishView all editions and formats
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Material Type:	Government publication, State or province government publication
Document Type:	Book
All Authors / Contributors:	Wolfgang Mieder; Alan Dundes Find more information about:
ISBN:	0299143600 : 9780299143602 0299143643 : 9780299143640
OCLC Number:	30359894
Notes:	Originally published: New York : Garland, 1981. (Garland folklore casebooks ; v. 1)
Description:	xvi, 330 p. : ill. ; 23 cm.
Contents:	The wisdom of many and the wit of one / Archer Taylor -- Proverbs in Africa / Ruth Finnegan -- On the structure of the proverb / Alan Dundes -- Towards a structural analysis of Yiddish proverbs / Beatrice Silverman-Weinreich -- The invading guest : some aspects of oral transmission / Pierre Crépeau -- Toward a theory of proverb meaning / Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett -- Proverbs : a social use of metaphor / Peter Seitel -- Proverbs and practical reasoning : a study in socio-logic / Paul D. Goodwin and Joseph W. Wenzel -- Uses of the proverb in the Synoptic Gospels / William A. Beardslee -- The proverbial wisdom of Shakespeare / F.P. Wilson -- The bird that fouls its nest / John G. Kunstmann -- Stuff a cold and starve a fever / Stuart A. Gallacher -- Reliability and validity of proverb interpretation to assess mental status / Nancy C. Andreasen -- A proverb test for attitude measurement / Franziska Baumgarten -- Chinese proverbs and their lessons / Alfred Lister -- The humour of Spanish proverbs / A.A. Parker -- Fatalistic traits in Finnish proverbs / Mattit Kuusi -- Irish proverbs and Irish national character / F.N. Robinson -- Tensions in proverbs : more light on international understanding / Joseph Raymond -- Tradition and innovation : proverbs in advertising / Barbara Meider and Wolfgang Meider.
Responsibility:	edited by Wolfgang Mieder and Alan Dundes.

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