INTERNATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NEW AND
REPRINTED PROVERB COLLECTIONS, 1995
The steady publication of proverb
collections continues to be quite impressive. As has been
the case in my previous annual bibliographies, this one once
again includes 100 major paremiographical works as well as
minor popular proverb collections. A number of valuable
regional, national, and international collections based on
historical principles have been published. They will
certainly be of significant use to serious paremiographers
dealing with the proverbs of a particular language or group
of people. In the long run such scholarly collections will
also play their role in furthering the international and
comparative study of proverbs. While popular collections
might not be of much use to the serious scholar, it must be
kept in mind that they indicate that publishers and general
readers alike appear to be interested in folk wisdom. The
fact that such books are produced at all and that they are
in fact sold in relatively large numbers is a clear sign
that proverbs are enjoying a considerable popularity for the
casual reader and the person interersted in traditional
wisdom.
As in previous years, I once again
benefitted from the help of various colleagues and friends,
notably Arvo Krikmann (Tartu), Gyula Paczolay
(Veszprém), Stanislaw Predota (Wroclaw), Lutz
Röhrich (Freiburg), Katsuaki Takeda (Sapporo), Helmut
Walther (Wiesbaden), Fionnuala Williams (Belfast), and Metin
Yurtbasi (Ankara). I thank them and others for their
continued help and remind everybody to please send me their
new proverb collections or to inform me of the necessary
bibliographical information. This assistance is essential to
make these annual lists as comprehensible and informative as
possible.
The full
text of this bibliography is published in De
Proverbio - Issue 1:1995, an electronic book, available from amazon.com and other leading Internet booksellers.
Abrishami, Ahmad. A Dictionary
of 800 Persian Proverbs with English and French
Equivalents. Tehran: Privately printed, 1994. 144
pp.
Anonymous. Official CB
Dictionary. Latest Terms & Definitions of Citizens
Band Jargon. New York: Book Craft-Guild, 1976. 140
pp.
Apperson, G.L. English Proverbs
and Proverbial Phrases: A Historical Dictionary.
London: J.M. Dent, 1929. Rpt. Detroit: Gale Research Co.,
1969. Rpt. as The Wordsworth Dictionary of
Proverbs. Ware, Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions,
1993. 721 pp.
Arnander, Primrose, and Ashkhain
Skipwith. The Son of a Duck is a Floater and Other
Arab Sayings with English Equivalents. Illustrated by
Kathryn Lamb. London: Stacey, 1985. 90 pp.
Asala, Joanne (ed.). Swedish
Proverbs. Iowa City, Iowa: Penfield Press, 1994. 63
pp.
Asala, Joanne (ed.). Norwegian
Proverbs. Illustrated by J. & G. Nicholls. Iowa
City, Iowa: Penfield Press, 1994. 63 pp.
Baldwin, Robert, and Ruth Paris. The Book of Similes. London: Routledge & Kegan
Paul, 1982. 149 pp.
Baller, Kurt. Abendrot -
Gutwetterbot. 1000 Bauern- und Wetterregeln.
München: W. Ludwig, 1992. 103 pp.
Bayer, Karl. Nota bene! Das
lateinische Zitatenlexikon. München: Artemis und
Winkler, 1994. 576 pp.
Beilenson, Evelyn L., and Ann
Tenenbaum. Wit and Wisdom of Famous American
Women. Illustrated by Fran Waldmann. White Plains,
New York: Peter Pauper Press, 1986. 64 pp.
Berteloot, Amand. "Köln in
Redensarten aus den Niederlanden und Flandern. "Alt-Köln": Mitteilungen des Heimatvereins,
no. 92 (1994), 16-19.
Breatnach, R.A.
"[Archibald] Cregeen's Manx Proverbs and Familiar
Phrases." Eigse: A Journal of Irish Studies, 27
(1993), 1-34.
Brugger, Hans Peter. Der
treffende Vergleich. Eine Sammlung treffsicherer
Vergleiche und bildhafter Formulierungen. Thun: Ott
Verlag, 1993. 261 pp.
Campos, Juana G., and Ana Barella. Diccionario de refranes. Madrid: Espasa Calpe,
1992. 399 pp.
Costello, Robert B. (ed.). American Expressions: A Thesaurus of Effective and
Colorful Speech. New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company,
1981. 172 pp.
Dal', Vladimir Ivanovich. Poslovitsy russkogo naroda sbornik v trekh tomakh. Moskva: "Russkaia Kniga", 1993. (1st ed. 1862). Vol. 1,
640 pp.; Vol. 2, 704 pp.; Vol. 3, 736 pp.
Debon, Günther. Chinesische Weisheit. Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam,
1993. 263 pp. "Weisheit im Sprichwort", pp.
205-234.
DesRuisseaux, Pierre. Dictionnaire des expressions
québécoises. Québec:
Bibliothèque québécoise, 1990. 446
pp.
DesRuisseaux, Pierre. Dictionnaire des proverbes
québécoises. Montréal:
Éditions de l'Hexagone, 1991. 287 pp.
The full text of this
bibliography is published in De
Proverbio - Issue
1:1995, an
electronic book, available from amazon.com and other leading Internet booksellers.
Fähnrich, Heinz. Ein Wort
zur rechten Zeit. Georgische Sprichwörter.
Aachen: Verlag Shaker, 1994. 90 pp.
Farwell, Harold F., and J. Karl
Nicholas (eds.). Smoky Mountain Voices: A Lexicon of
Southern Appalachian Speech Based on the Research of
Horace Kephart. Lexington, Kentucky: The University
Press of Kentucky, 1993. 191 pp.
Flonta, Teodor. Dictionar
Englez-Român de proverbe echivalente.
English-Romanian Dictionary of Equivalent Proverbs. Bucuresti: Teopa, 1992. 172 pp.
Flonta, Teodor. Dictionar
Englez-Francez-Român de proverbe echivalente.
English-French-Romanian Dictionary of Equivalent
Proverbs. Bucuresti: Teopa, 1992. 304 pp.
Flonta, Teodor. Dictionar
Englez-Spaniol-Portughez-Român de proverbe
echivalente. English-Spanish-Portuguese-Romanian
Dictionary of Equivalent Proverbs. Bucuresti: Teopa,
1992. 399 pp.
Flonta, Teodor. Dictionar
Englez-Italian-Român de proverbe echivalente.
English-Italian-Romanian Dictionary of Equivalent
Proverbs. Bucuresti: Teopa, 1993. 397 pp.
Fraser, Betty. First Things
First: An Illustrated Collection of Sayings - Useful and
Familiar for Children. Illustrated by Betty Fraser.
New York: Harper & Row, 1990. 32 pp.
Gaugler, Almut (ed). Sprichwörter und Volksweisheiten. Stuttgart:
VS Verlagshaus, 1994. 320 pp.
Griesbach, Heinz, and Gudrun
Uhlig. Mit anderen Worten: Deutsche Idiomatik;
Redensarten und Redeweisen. München: Iudicium,
1993. 123 pp.
Herzog, Annelies, Arthur Michel,
and Herbert Riedel. Idiomatische Redewendungen von A -
Z. Ein Übungsbuch für Anfänger und
Fortgeschrittene. Leipzig: Langenscheidt - Verlag
Enzyklopädie, 1993. 156 pp.
Hilgers, Heribert A. "Köln in
Redensarten des Bergischen Landes." Alt-Köln:
Mitteilungen des Heimatvereins Alt-Köln, no. 90
(October 1993), pp. 10-13.
Hügen, Ludwig. "Watt
Hänske neet liert...." (Was Hänschen nicht
lernt....) Sprichwörter in niederrheinischer
Mundart. Krefeld: Joh. van Acken, 1993. 80
pp.
Humes, James C. The Wit and
Wisdom of Winston Churchill. New York: Harper
Collins, 1994. 234 pp.
Inwards, Richard. Weather Lore:
A Collection of Proverbs, Sayings, and Rules Concerning
the Weather. London: Elliot Stock, 1893. Rpt. London:
Senate, 1994. 190 pp.
Kerler, Christine and Richard. Warum? Ursprünge von Redensarten und
Gewohnheiten. München: Universitas Verlag, 1993.
213 pp.
Kirkpatrick, E.M., and C.M.
Schwarz (eds.). Dictionary of Idioms. Edinburgh: W
& R Chambers, 1982. Singapore: Federal Publications,
1983; rpt. 1989. Rpt. as The Wordsworth Dictionary of
Idioms. Ware, Hertfordshire: Wordsworth Editions,
1993. 432 pp.
Kitamura, Yoshikatsu. Sekai no
Kotowaza (World Proverb Dictionary). Tokyo: Tokyodo,
1987. 420 pp.
Knappert, Jan. The A-Z of
African Proverbs. London: Karnak House, 1989. 150
pp.
Kneen, Maggie. "Too Many
Cooks..." and Other Proverbs. Illustrated by Maggie
Kneen. New York: Green Tiger Press, 1992. 26
pp.
Kuusi, Matti, and Outi
Lauhakangas. Maailman sananlaskuviisaus. Helsinki:
Werner Söderström Osakeyhtiö, 1993. 403
pp.
The full text of this
bibliography is published in De
Proverbio - Issue
1:1995, an
electronic book, available from amazon.com and other leading Internet booksellers.
Weier, Hans-Ingolf. Luba -
Sprichwörter: Übersetzte, erweiterte und
überarbeitete Ausgabe einer anonymen Sammlung aus
Zaire. Köln: Rüdiger Köppe Verlag,
1992. 2 vols., 841 pp.
Widdowson, John D.A. "A Checklist
of Newfoundland Expressions." Lore and Language,
2, no. 10 (1979), 33-40.
Yurtbasi, Metin. Türkisches Sprichwörterlexikon. Ankara:
Bilsev, 1993. 539 pp.
Yurtbasi, Metin. Siniflandirilmis Türk Atasözleri: Geleneksel
deger yargilarimizi 172 konuda sergileyen, aciklamali
10.000 türk atasözü. 1000 resim. Secme
dizin. Ankara: Özdemir Yayincilik, 1994. 377 pp.
(student edition).
Yurtbasi, Metin. Siniflandirilmis Türk Atasözleri: Geleneksel
deger yargilarimizi 172 konuda sergileyen 30.000
türk atasözü. 172 resim. Ankara:
Özdemir Yayincilik, 1994. 311 pp.
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