INTERNATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NEW
AND REPRINTED PROVERB COLLECTIONS
As we are getting ever closer to the
year 2000, paremiographers continue to be busy in putting
together various types of proverb collections. As can be
seen from this year's bibliography of 138 items, there is
still a considerable interest in publishing popular proverb
collections for the general market. People everywhere seem
to appreciate small and usually illustrated collections as
enjoyable and readable treasure troves of traditional
wisdom. In fact, it is difficult to keep up with such
publications since they are often produced by smaller
companies without national or international distribution.
While these books of about hundred pages or less have a
considerable popular appeal, they usually ignore the extant
scholarship on proverbs. But that does not mean that proverb
scholars should not pay any attention to these collections.
They are doing as much as the voluminous scholarly
collections to spread folk wisdom among general readers,
tourists, etc., and they do so at relatively low prices and
in attractive layouts. We must not forget that these smaller
books are produced and disseminated in much greater numbers
than major paremiographical works.
Much is also happening on the serious
paremiographical scene. I can't mention all the exciting
publications here, but I do want to draw attention to the
fact Samuel Singer's truly invaluable Thesaurus
proverbiorum medii aevi. Lexikon der Sprichwörter des
romanisch-germanischen Mittelalters (Berlin: Walter de
Gruyter, edited by Ricarda Liver et al., has now reached
volume six out of nine volumes planned. Emanuel Strauss has
shortened his gargantuan Dictionary of European
Proverbs, 3 vols. (London: Routledge, 1994) into a
welcome one-volume Concise Dictionary of European
Proverbs (London: Routledge, 1998). The collections by
Ahmad Abrishami, Georgi L. Kapchits, Yoshikatsu Kitamura and
Katsuaki Takeda, Jonathan Lighter, Peter Mertvago, Kofi
Asare Opoku, Jürgen Petermann et al., Zuzana
Profantová, Nigel Rees, John Marks Templeton, Gregory
Y. Titelman, and others are all very valuable resources. But
there are many other exciting proverb collections from
around the world listed in this bibliography, notably also
from Africa and Eastern Europe.
As usual, I would like to thank all of
those colleagues and friends who have provided me with
bibliographical information during this past year, notably
Gyula Paczolay (Veszprém), Helmut Walther
(Wiesbaden), and Fionnuala Williams (Belfast). Please keep
sending me the information concerning new collections, and
if possible, the actual publication itself (I will be glad
to pay for them). Also keep in mind that we can mail out
about 300 flyers advertising any new proverb collection when
we distribute the annual Proverbium. This is a free
service to all proverb scholars. In any case, many thanks
for all your help in making this annual bibliography once
again as complete as possible.
1. Abrishami, Ahmad. A Modern
Dictionary of Persian Proverbs Prevalent in Kerman (A
Province of Iran). Tehran: Zivar Publications, 1998.
316 pp. (in Persian).
2. Albu, Iuliu M. Picaturi de
întelepciune. Culegere de aforisme, cugetari,
proverbe. Timisoara: Editura Eurobit, 1997. 189
pp.
3. Amgart, O. (ed.). The
Proverbs of Alfred. An Amended Text. Lund: Gleerup,
1978. 30 pp.
4. Ammer, Christine. Southpaws
& Sunday Punches and Other Sporting Expressions. New York: Plume, 1993. 262 pp.
5. Anonymous (The Editors at
Hippocrene Books). Scottish Proverbs. New York:
Hippocrene Books, 1998. 111 pp.
6. Anonymous (The Editors at
Hippocrene Books). Treasury of Love Proverbs from Many
Lands. New York: Hippocrene Books, 1998. 119
pp.
7. Aquilina, Joseph. Maltese
Meteorological and Agricultural Proverbs. Malta:
Malta University Press, 1961. 80 pp.
8. Archer, Fred. Country
Sayings. Wolfeboro Falls, New York: A. Sutton, 1991.
105 pp.
9. Arnander, Primrose, and Ashkhain
Skipwith (eds.). The Son of a Duck is a Floater and
Other Arab Sayings with English Equivalents. London:
Stacey International, 1985. 90 pp.
10. Ayers, Edward L. (ed.). "A
House Divided...": A Century of Great Civil War
Quotations. New York: John Wiley & Sons, 1997.
258 pp.
11. Bailey, Karen (illustrator). The Pick of Irish Proverbs. Belfast: Appletree
Press, 1996. 48 pp. New shortened edition of Karen Bailey
(illustrator), Irish Proverbs. Belfast: Appletree
Press, 1986. 60 pp.
12. Barwick, Dee Danner. Great
Words of Our Time: Memorable Thoughts of Famous Men and
Women of the 20th Century. Kansas City, Missouri:
Hallmark Cards, 1970. 62 pp.
13. Beier, Brigitte, Matthias
Herkt, Bernhard Pollmann, and Barbara Pietsch. Harenberg Lexikon der Sprichwörter &
Zitate. Dortmund: Harenberg, 1997. 1600
pp.
14. Beken, Alain van der. Proverbes yaka du Zaire. Paris: Karthala, 1993.
351 pp.
16. Berger, István.
"Szarajevói ladino közmondások,
szólások és magyar megfelel_ik
[Hungarian Translations and Equivalents of Ladino
Proverbs from Saraievo]." MIOK Evkönyv,
no volume given (1977-1978), 49-55.
17. Bertram, Anne, and Richard A.
Spears. Dictionary of Folksay, Regional, and Rural
Sayings. Lincolnwood, Illinois: National Textbook
Company, 1996. 381 pp.
18. Boritt, Gabor S. (ed.). Of
the People, by the People, for the People, and Other
Quotations by Abraham Lincoln. New York: Columbia
University Press, 1996. 162 pp.
19. Bratu, Ion. Sfaturi bune
pentru toti sau carticica cu proverbe. Bucuresti:
Editura Teopa, 1996. 64 pp.
20. Braun, Hermann. Neks
vöi Sprüch: 1313 Sprichwörter und
sprichwörtliche Redensarten dem Spruchbeutel der
Sachsämter, Stift- und Egerländer
entnommen. Markredwitz: Volksschule der Stadt, 1982.
160 pp.
121. Steuck, Udo. One Thousand
and More Animal Proverbs. London: Minerva Press,
1997. 135 pp.
122. Strauss, Emanuel. Concise
Dictionary of European Proverbs. London: Routledge,
1998. 491 pp.
123. Strutz, Henry. German
Idioms. Hauppauge, New York: Barron's Educational
Series, 1996. 326 pp.
124. Tange, Ernst Günter. Lexikon der boshaften Zitate. Frankfurt am Main:
Eichborn, 1997. 588 pp.
125. Templeton, John Marks. Golden Nuggets. Radnor, Pennsylvania: Templeton
Foundation Press, 1997. 86 pp.
126. Templeton, John Marks. Worldwide Laws of Life. Philadelphia: Templeton
Foundation Press, 1997. 502 pp.
127. Titelman, Gregory Y. Random
House Dictionary of Popular Proverbs and Sayings: Over
1,500 Proverbs and Sayings with 10,000 Illustrative
Citations. New York: Random House, 1996. 468 pp. Rpt.
with the title Popular Proverbs and Sayings: An A-Z
Dictionary of over 1,500 Proverbs and Sayings, with
10,000 Illustrative Citations. New York: Gramercy
Books, 1997. 468 pp.
128. Ujváry, Zoltán. Egy földmüves / L_kös János /
szólásai és
közmondásai (The Proverbs of a Peasant -
János L_kös). Debrecen: Kossuth Lajos
Pudományegyetem Néprajzi Tanszéke,
1996. 450 pp.
129. Virtaranta, Pertti. Karjalaisia sananlaskuja ja arvoituksia. Helsinki:
Helsingin Yliopisto, 1976. 130 pp.
130. Volpini, Carlo. 516
proverbi sul cavallo. Milano: Gisalpino Goliardica,
1984. 172 pp.
131. Washington, Harold C. Wealth and Poverty in the Instructions of Amenemope
and Hebrew Proverbs. Atlanta, Georgia: Scholars
Press, 1994. 242 pp.
132. Watkins, Dana. The Idiom
Advantage: Fluency in Speaking and Listening. New
York: Addison-Wesley, 1995. 241 pp.
133. Wertheimer, Hans Stefan. Spruch and Widerspruch: Zitate und "Gegenzitate"
thematisch geordnet. Thun: Ott Verlag, 1994. 166
pp.
134. Wertheimer, Hans Stefan. Lexikon der heiteren Weisheiten. Thun: Ott Verlag,
1996. 2nd ed. 1997. 361 pp.
135. Zátureck¦, Adolf
Petr. Slovenské príslovia a
porekadlá. V¦ber zo zbierky. Praze:
_eská Akademie Cisa_e, 1896. 389 pp. Eds. Josef
Mlacek and Zuzana Profantová. 2 vols. Bratislava:
Nestor, 1996. I, 320 pp., II, 319 pp.
136. Zimin, V., and A.S. Spirin. Poslovitsy i pogovorki russkago naroda:
Ob'iasnitel'nyi slovar'. Moskva: Siuita, 1996. 542
pp.
137. Zona, Guy A. "The Soul
Would Have no Rainbow, if the Eyes Had no Tears" - and
Other Native American Proverbs. New York: Touchstone
Books, 1994. 128 pp.
138. Zwilling, M.J. Sprichwörter und sprichwörtliche
Redensarten. Russisch-deutsches und deutsch-russisches
Wörterbuch. Hamburg: Igor Jourist Verlag, 1997.
247 pp.
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