Hermann Schrader: Der Bilderschmuck der deutschen Sprache in Tausenden volkstümlicher RedensartenWolfgang Mieder, Professor of German Studies and Folklore Research at Vermont University, brings Schrader’s Bilderschmuck der deutschen Sprache back to the attention of the contemporary reader. In his detailed preface he not only introduces the author and the history of the book, which was published in seven editions, but also explains the particularity of this folklore book in a contemporary-historical context. In 157 sections on selected subjects, titled for instance Das Haus und seine Theile (The House and its Parts) or Leben wie Gott in Frankreich (to live in clover), the author weaves numerous fixed expressions into a cultural-historical and linguistic essay completed by etymological data, references to German literature, folk tales and anecdotes. Thus, the present collection as “a treasury for linguistic and cultural-historical research on German proverbs and proverbial expressions” keeps its value to this day and is distinguished by its academic standard, its wealth of information, its readability and passion for language. | |
Monograph | |
Der Bilderschmuck der deutschen Sprache in Tausenden volkstümlicher Redensarten | |
Schrader, Hermann | |
2005 | |
Olms | |
Hildesheim [u.a.] | |
PPN521380596 | |
592 | |
Germanistik/Neuzeit Sprichwort | |
http://www.olmsonline.de/purl?PPN521380596 | |