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"Right Makes Might" is a collection of recent essays on historical and contemporary use of proverbs by American politicians, the American worldview, and American politics by globally recognized folklorist, Wolfgang Mieder.



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This is a powerful and timely addition to the literature of rhetoric and folklore and a fine addition to Mieder's oeuvre.

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Wolfgang Mieder has offered us yet another outstanding contribution to proverb studies and, in particular, to one of its very important aspects: how proverbs have helped shape and still continue to shape the worldview of a people, i.e. their culture.

-- Roumyana Petrova

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      Publisher: Indiana University Press
      Publication Date: 04/04/2019
      ISBN13: 9780253040343, 978-0253040343
      ISBN10: 0253040345
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      Folklore studies / Study of myth Politics and government

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      "Right Makes Might" is a collection of recent essays on historical and contemporary use of proverbs by American politicians, the American worldview, and American politics by globally recognized folklorist, Wolfgang Mieder.



      Trade Review

      This is a powerful and timely addition to the literature of rhetoric and folklore and a fine addition to Mieder's oeuvre.

      * Choice *

      Wolfgang Mieder has offered us yet another outstanding contribution to proverb studies and, in particular, to one of its very important aspects: how proverbs have helped shape and still continue to shape the worldview of a people, i.e. their culture.

      -- Roumyana Petrova

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