"Right makes might" : proverbs and the American worldview / Wolfgang Mieder.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mieder, Wolfgang, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Politicians.

Rhetoric--Political aspects.

History.

Political oratory.

Proverbs--Political aspects.

Proverbs.

Proverbs, American.

Politics and government.

United States--Politics and government--Miscellanea.

United States.

United States--Politics and government--Quotations, maxims, etc.

Proverbs, American--History and criticism.

Proverbs--Political aspects--United States.

Political oratory--United States--History.

Rhetoric--Political aspects--United States--History.

Rhetoric.

Politicians--United States--Language.

National characteristics, American.

Politicians--Language.

Genre:

Trivia and miscellanea.

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

History.

Quotations.

Physical Description:

xvii, 375 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Bloomington, Indiana, USA : Indiana University Press, [2019]

Contents:

Introduction : ruminations on authentically American proverbs

"Let us have faith that right makes might" : proverbial rhetoric in decisive moments of American politics

"These are the times that try women's souls" : the proverbial rhetoric for women's rights by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony

"The American people rose to the occasion" : a proverbial retrospective of the Marshall Plan after seventy years

"Making a way out of no way" : Martin Luther King's proverbial dream for human rights

"Keep your eyes on the prize" : Congressman John Lewis's proverbial odyssey for civil rights

"I'm absolutely sure about the golden rule" : Barack Obama's proverbial audacity of hope

"Politics is not a spectator sport" : proverbs in the personal and political writings of Hillary Rodham Clinton

"The rich get richer and the poor get poorer" : Bernie Sanders's proverbial rhetoric for an American sociopolitical revolution

"M(R)ight makes r(m)ight" : the sociopolitical history of a contradictory proverb pair

"All men are created equal" : from democratic claim to proverbial game

"Laissez faire à Georges" and "Let George do it" : a case of paremiological polygenesis

"To be (all) Greek to someone" : origin, history, and meaning of an English proverbial expression.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Mieder, Wolfgang. "Right makes might".

ISBN:

9780253040343

0253040345

9780253040350

0253040353

OCLC:

1049824134