The Brothers Grimm : A Biography / Ann Schmiesing.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schmiesing, Ann, 1969- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grimm family.

Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863--Criticism and interpretation.

Grimm, Jacob.

Grimm, Wilhelm, 1786-1859--Criticism and interpretation.

Grimm, Wilhelm.

Philologists--Germany--Biography.

Philologists.

Fairy tales--Germany--History and criticism.

Fairy tales.

Folklore--Germany.

Folklore.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (358 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, [2024]

Summary:

More than two hundred years ago, the German brothers Jacob Grimm (1785-1863) and Wilhelm Grimm (1786-1859) published a collection of fairy tales that remains famous the world over. It has been translated into some 170 languages--more than any other German book--and the Brothers Grimm are among the top dozen most translated authors in the world. In addition to collecting tales, the Grimms were mythographers, linguists, librarians, civil servants, and above all the closest of brothers, but until now, the full story of their lifelong endeavor to preserve and articulate a German cultural identity has not been well known. Drawing on deep archival research and decades of scholarship, Ann Schmiesing tells the affecting story of how the Grimms'ambitious projects gave the brothers a sense of self-preservation through the atrocities of the Napoleonic Wars and a series of personal losses. They produced a vast corpus of work on mythology and medieval literature, embarked on a monumental German dictionary project, and broke scholarly ground with Jacob's linguistic discovery known as Grimm's Law. Setting their story against a rich historical backdrop, Schmiesing offers a fresh consideration of the profound and yet complicated legacy of the Brothers Grimm.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Introduction

1 Childhood Memories, 1785-1796

2 Transition to Adulthood, 1796-1805

3 Contributions to Scholarship, 1805-1808

4 Wilhelm's Journey, 1809

5 Collecting Tales, 1810-1812

6 Reception of Children's and Household Tales, 1812-1814

7 Unveiling the Second Volume of Children's and Household Tales, 1815

8 Exploring German Legends, 1816-1818

9 Revising Children's and Household Tales, 1819

10 Grimm's Law and the Small Edition of the Tales, 1820s

11 The Göttingen Era, 1829-1838

12 Aftermath of the Göttingen Seven Protest, 1838-1841

13 Berlin Beginnings, 1841-1852

14 Final Years in Berlin, 1852-1863

Conclusion

Note on Orthography and Translations

Chronology

Genealogy

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index.

Notes:

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ISBN:

9780300280647

0300280645

OCLC:

1458756387