INTERNATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF NEW
AND REPRINTED PROVERB COLLECTIONS
The publication of proverb collections
continues to be quite impressive throughout the world. There
is a definite paremiographical interest in both new and
reprinted collections. Obviously some of the major
collections are true scholarly masterpieces, but there are
also smaller popular collections which do not make claim to
any serious research goals. Altogether these books range
from regional to national and on to international compendia.
The most notable publication during this past year is
without doubt Gyula Paczolay's European Proverbs in 55
Languages with Equivalents in Arabic, Persian, Sanskrit,
Chinese and Japanese (Veszprém, Hungary:
Veszpréemi Nyomda Rt., 1997). Paremiographers
everywhere owe great thanks to this untiring paremiographer
for making this invaluable comparative proverb collection
available.
As has always been the case, I owe
thanks to some friends and colleagues for sending me
collections and bibliographical information during the year.
While I cannot mention everybody here, let me name at least
the following individuals: Alan Dundes (Berkeley), Gyula
Paczolay (Veszprém), Emmanuel Strauss (Merstham,
Surrey), Helmut Walther (Wiesbaden), and Fionnuala Williams
(Belfast).
Let me close these short prefatory
comments by asking paremiographers to inform me about their
new or reprinted proverb collections. Do feel free to supply
me with about 300 flyers of such books so that I can include
them free of charge in my annual mailing of Proverbium. This is a service that I gladly provide
to colleagues working in the field of paremiography. Such
advertisements of proverb collections will inform people of
the newest paremiographical publications, and they might
result in a few additional sales to private scholars and
libraries as well.
Abrishami, Ahmad. A Dictionary
of Persian-English Proverbs. Tehran: Zivar
Publications, 1997. 220 pp.
Abrishami, Ahmad. A Modern
Dictionary of Selected Persian Proverbs. Tehran:
Zivar Publications, 1997. 404 pp. (in Persian
only).
Almond, Jordan. Why Do We Say
It? The Stories Behind the Words, Expressions and
Clichés We Use. Secaucus, New Jersey: Castle
Books, 1985; rpt. as Dictionary of Word Origins. A
History of the Words, Expressions, and Clichés We
Use. Secaucus, New Jersey: Citadel Press, 1997. 286
pp.
Andrews, Malachi, and Paul T.
Owens. Black Language. Los Angeles, California:
Seymour-Smith, 1973. 2nd ed. 1976. 150 pp.
Ayres, Alex (ed.) The Wisdom of
Martin Luther King, Jr. An A-to-Z Guide to the Ideas and
Ideals of the Great Civil Rights Leader. New York:
Meridian, 1993. 274 pp.
Faselius, August. Latium oder
das alte Rom in seinen Sprüchwörtern. Weimar: Bernhard Friedrich Voigt, 1859. Rpt. as Latium: Sprichwörter des alten Rom. Leipzig:
Reprint-Verlag, 1997. 276 pp.
Fink-Henseler, Roland W. 5005
Redensarten und Sprichwörter. Bindlach: Gondrom
Verlag, 1996. 640 pp.
Flavell, Linda and Roger. Dictionary of Proverbs and Their Origins. London:
Kyle Cathie, 1993; rpt. New York: Barnes & Noble,
1997. 273 pp.
Flonta, Teodor. Dio e il
diavolo: Proverbi d'Europa in nove lingue. Torino:
Edizioni San Paolo, 1996. 128 pp.
Fredrickson, Scott E. For
Better or Wurst: A Collection of German Proverbs with
Accompanying Worksheets, Activities, and Games for the
Lively German Classroom. Illus. by Oliver Wilder.
Jacksonville, Florida: Concordia Programs, 1996. 52
pp.
Fredrickson, Scott E. The Wurst
is Yet to Come: A Collection of German Proverbs with
Accompanying Posters, Worksheets and Activities for the
Elementary German Classroom. Illus. by Oliver Wilder.
Jacksonville, Florida: Concordia Programs, 1996. 74
pp.
Funk, Charles Earle. 2107
Curious Word Origins, Sayings & Expressions from
"White Elephants" to a "Song and a Dance". New York:
Galahad Books, 1993. 988 pp. Based on Funk's earlier
volumes A Hog on Ice and Other Curious Expressions (1948), Thereby Hangs a Tale (1950), Heavens to
Betsy! (1955), and Horsefeathers and Other Curious
Words (1958).
Goitein, S.D.F. Jemenica:
Sprichwörter und Redensarten aus Zentral-Jemen mit
zahlreichen Sach- und Worterklärungen. Leiden:
E.J. Brill, 1970. 194 pp.
Goldin, Hyman E. Dictionary of
American Underworld Lingo. New York: Twayne, 1950.
327 pp.
Gross, David C. Dictionary of
1000 Jewish Proverbs. New York: Hippocrene Books,
1997. 125 pp.
Healey, Joseph G. "Proverbs and
Sayings: A Window into the African Christian World View." Communicatio Socialis Yearbook, 7 (1988), 53-76.
Also published as a special issue of Service, no.
3 (1988), 1-35.
Hesse, Margret and Heinz. Arm
wie eine Kirchenmaus: Sprichwörter, Redensarten,
Albumverse. Viersen: Volkshochschule Stadt Viersen,
1996. 106 pp.
Hessky, Regina, and Stefan
Ettinger. Deutsche Redewendungen: Ein Wörter- und
Übungsbuch für Fortgeschrittene. Tübingen: Gunter Narr, 1997. 327 pp.
Hettinger, Eugen. Quellen
japanischer Weisheit. St. Gallen: Verlag
Leobuchhandlung, 1988. 42 pp.
Hilger, Heribert A. "Köln im
'Volksmund' an der unteren Sieg." Krune un Flamme:
Mitteilungen des Heimatvereins Alt-Köln. No vol.
given, no. 4 (1997), 27-33.
Holder, R.W. A Dictionary of
Euphemisms. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995.
470 pp.
Järventausta, Eero. Suoniemen sananparsia. Helsinki: Suomalaisen
Kirjallisuuden Seura, 1974. 160 pp.
Jay, Antony. The Oxford
Dictionary of Political Quotations. Oxford: Oxford
University Press, 1996. 515 pp.
Johnson, Sterling. English as a
Second F*cking Language. How to Swear Effectively,
Explained in Detail with Numerous Examples Taken from
Everyday Life. Pacific Grove, California: ESFL
University Press, 1995. 88 pp.
Kasper, Muriel. Lateinisches
Zitaten-Lexikon. Stuttgart: Philipp Reclam, 1996. 432
pp.
Kirchhofer, Melchior. Wahrheit
und Dichtung: Sammlung schweizerischer
Sprichwörter. Zürich: Orell,
Füßli und Compagnie, 1824; rpt. ed. with an
introduction and bibliography by Wolfgang Mieder.
Hildesheim: Georg Olms, 1997. 396 pp.
Knape, Rose-Marie, and Gunter
Müller (eds.). "Wir mussen die spruchwörter
erretten": Sprichwörter und volkstümliche
Redewendungen von Johannes Agricola und Martin
Luther. Halle: Janos Stekovics, 1996. 80
pp.
Knappert, Jan. Swahili
Proverbs. Burlington, Vermont: The University of
Vermont, 1997. 156 pp.
Kogos, Fred. 1001 Yiddish
Proverbs. Secaucus, New Jersey: Castle Books, 1970;
rpt. Secaucus, New Jersey: Citadel Press, 1990. 158
pp.
Kumove, Shirley. "Words Like
Arrows: Yiddish Proverbs." Pakn-Treger: The Magazine
of the National Yiddish Book Center, no. 24 (Spring
1997), 60-61.
Leguiel, Émile. "Tirant
lo Blanch: Aphorismes et proverbes." Revue
catalane, 7 (1913), 122-124.
Lipinski, Miroslaw. Dictionary
of 1000 Polish Proverbs. New York: Hippocrene Books,
1997. 129 pp.
Liu, Paul, and Robert Vasselli. Proverbial Twists: Modern Day Updates to Some of the
World's Most Famous Proverbs and Quotes. Highland
Park, New Jersey: Johanne Inc., 1996. 158 pp.
Zona, Guy A. Even Withered
Trees Give Prosperity to the Mountain and Other Proverbs
of Japan. New York: Touchstone, 1996. 127
pp.
Zona, Guy A. If You Have Two
Loaves of Bread, Sell One and Buy a Lily and Other
Proverbs of China. New York: Touchstone, 1997. 124
pp.
Zsigmond, József, and
Attila Palkó. "Közmondások és
szólások (Magyarón)." In J. Zsigmond
and A. Palkó. Magyaró
néphagyományaiból.
Szemelvények. Marosvásárhely:
Mentor Kiadó, 1996. 97-116.
Wolfgang Mieder
Department of German and Russian
Waterman Building
University of Vermont
Burlington, Vermont 05405
USA
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