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"There's no free lunch" : six essays on modern Anglo-American proverbs
- Title
- "There's no free lunch" : six essays on modern Anglo-American proverbs / Wolfgang Mieder.
- Author
- Mieder, Wolfgang
- Publication
- Burlington, Vermont : University of Vermont, 2021
- Burlington, Vermont : Queen City Printers Inc., [2021]
- ©2021
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- Description
- xii, 244 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
- Summary
- The six essays in this volume supplement recent scholarship by Prof. Mieder on modern Anglo-American proverbs.
- Series Statement
- Supplement series of Proverbium ; Volume 45
- Uniform Title
- Supplement series of Proverbium ; v. 45.
- Alternative Title
- There's no free lunch
- There is no free lunch
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Note
- "With 65 illustrations"--Title page.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- "There is no such thing as a free lunch" : new structures for modern Anglo-American proverbs -- "A miss is as good as a male" : from anti-proverbs to modern Anglo-American proverbs -- "A mind is a terrible thing to waste" : knowledge and ignorance in modern Anglo-American proverbs -- "God and the devil are in the details" : secularized religion in modern Anglo-American proverbs -- "Eat right, stay fit" : gastronomical tidbits in modern Anglo-American proverbs -- "You win some, you lose some" : sports and games in modern Anglo-American proverbs.
- ISBN
- 9781737202905
- 1737202905
- OCLC
- on1265060642
- 1265060642
- SCSB-13645607
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library