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OverviewProverbia Septentrionalia examines the uses of the proverb in the medieval cultures of northern Europe, and in particular how it is employed in literature and in non-fictional writings. The discipline of paroemiology, or the study of proverbs, recognizes their origins as often preceding the literate stage of societies. In fact, they must have made up a significant element in that formulaic framework by which knowledge and wisdom were fixed and transmitted generationally in the communities of pre-literate humanity. Proverb texts have, and indeed may be defined by, their own generative structure, the presence of which in texts incorporated in poems and stories marks such passages not merely as instructive in themselves, but also as resonating with accepted communal wisdom in ways that can help us understand the works in which they occur. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Cichon Michael , Yin LiuPublisher: Arizona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies,US Imprint: Arizona Center for Medieval & Renaissance Studies,US Volume: 542 Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 24.90cm Weight: 0.372kg ISBN: 9780866985994ISBN 10: 0866985999 Pages: 216 Publication Date: 26 April 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |