Charles Clay Doyle is associate professor of English and linguistics, University of Georgia, and past president of the Western States Folklore Society. He lives in Athens, GA.
Wolfgang Mieder is professor of German and folklore, University of Vermont. He is the author or editor of numerous books on proverbs and the founding editor of Proverbium: Yearbook of International Proverb Scholarship. He lives in Burlington, VT.
Fred R. Shapiro is associate librarian and lecturer in legal research at Yale Law School. He is author or editor of several previous books, including the The Yale Book of Quotations. He lives in New Haven, CT.
“It’s a fabulous book, certainly the most enjoyable one I’ve read
this year.”—Ben Yagoda, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Lingua
Franca blog
*The Chronicle of Higher Education*
"With its focus on proverbs that originated since 1900, this rich
collection of 1,400 sayings drawn from newspapers, songs, and films
is the first to use recently digitized sources to provide more
accurate attributions. Alphabetized by keyword with
information about each proverb's earliest datable appearance,
origin, history, and meaning, the work is endlessly
entertaining."—Library Journal
*Library Journal*
Selected as a Choice Outstanding 2012 Title for Humanities within
the Reference category.
*Choice*
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