Behold the Proverbs of a People. Proverbial Wisdom in Culture, Literature, and Politics, Hardback - Wolfgang Mieder

The thirteen chapters of this book comprise an intriguing and informative entry into the world of proverb scholarship, illustrating that proverbs have always been and continue to be wisdom's international currency. Scholar Wolfgang Mieder shows that proverbs matter in culture, literature, and politics, and remain part and parcel of oral and written communication.