Wolfgang Mieder

Wolfgang bodice ( born February 17, 1944 in Nossen ) is a professor of German language and folklore of the American University of Vermont in Burlington ( Vermont) and an internationally recognized Parömiologe. He is married and has no children.

Bodice visited the Carl- Jacob Burckhardt school in Lübeck and studied at Olivet College in Michigan, German and French. After studying in Caen, he graduated in 1967 from the University of Michigan with a Master title from. After another stay at the University of Heidelberg, he received his doctorate in 1970 at the Michigan State University with the thesis " The saying in the works Jeremias Gotthelf " to the Ph.D.

Wolfgang bodice is a world-renowned expert on German proverbs and fairy tales. He is the editor of the " Series Supplement to Proverbium ", the " Proverbium: Yearbook of International Proverb Scholarship " and the author of more than a hundred books on the subject saying.

Publications

  • Proverb - True word. 1992
  • Proverbs: A Handbook. 2004
  • English expressions. ISBN 978-3-15-009288-0
  • The Black Spider. Notes and documents. ISBN 978-3-15-008161-7
  • Grimm's Fairy Tales, modern. Prose, poetry, cartoons. ISBN 978-3-15-009554-6
  • German proverbs and sayings. (Learning materials). ISBN 978-3-15-009550-8
  • Other times, other teachings. Proverbs between tradition and innovation. ISBN 978-3-8340-0030-9
  • Proverb Iconography. An International Bibliography. New York 1999.
  • Proverb. In: Small literary forms in individual plots ( = Loeb Classical Library 18187 ). Stuttgart 2002, pp. 211-240.
  • The Pied Piper of Hamelin. The legend in literature, media and caricature. Praesens Verlag, Vienna, 2002. ISBN 978-3-7069-0175-8
  • " The big fish eat the small ." A proverb about human nature in literature, media and cartoons. Praesens Verlag, Vienna, 2003. ISBN 978-3-7069-0182-6
  • "Wine, women and song ." The alleged Luther saying in art, music, literature, media and cartoons. Praesens Verlag, Vienna, 2004. ISBN 978-3-7069-0266-3
  • "Nothing to see, hear nothing, say nothing ". The three wise monkeys in art, literature, media and cartoons. Praesens Verlag, Vienna, 2005. ISBN 978-3-7069-0248-9
  • Hansel and Gretel. The fairy tale in art, music, literature, media and cartoons. Praesens Verlag, Vienna, 2007. ISBN 978-3-7069-0469-8

Awards

  • 2012: European fairy tales Price
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