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ISBN: HB: 9780300136029

Yale University Press

June 2012

416 pp.

23.4x15.6 cm

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Dictionary of Modern Proverbs

"There are no second acts". "It takes a village to raise a child". "Life is just a bowl of cherries". We may think of proverbs as expressions of ancient wisdom, but in fact new proverbs are constantly arising. This unique volume is devoted exclusively to English language proverbs that originated in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. The most complete and accurate such collection ever compiled, "The Yale Book of Modern Proverbs" presents more than 1,400 individual proverbs gathered with the help of electronic full-text databases that have never been available before. Entries are organized alphabetically by key words, and each includes information about the proverb's earliest appearance, origin, history, and meaning. Mundane or sublime, serious or jocular, these wise sayings represent virtually every aspect of the modern experience. Readers are invited not only to explore and browse among these fascinating pages but also to contribute potential new entries through a dedicated website.

About the Author

Charles Clay Doyle is associate professor of English, University of Georgia, and president of the Western States Folklore Society.

Wolfgang Mieder is chair, Department of German and Russian, and professor of German and folklore, University of Vermont. He is founding editor of "Proverbium: Yearbook of International Proverb Scholarship".

Fred R. Shapiro is associate librarian and lecturer in legal research at Yale Law School. He is author or editor of several previous books, including the "Oxford Dictionary of American Legal Quotations".