The Brothers Grimm : a biography / Ann Schmiesing.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schmiesing, Ann, 1969- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Grimm, Jacob, 1785-1863.

Grimm, Jacob.

Grimm, Wilhelm, 1786-1859.

Grimm, Wilhelm.

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

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

Kinder- und Hausmärchen.

Folklorists--Germany--Biography.

Folklorists.

Philologists--Germany--Biography.

Philologists.

Authors, German--19th century--Biography.

Authors, German.

Fairy tales--Germany--History and criticism.

Fairy tales.

Germany--Folklore.

Germany.

Folklore--Germany.

Folklore.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xviii, 336 pages : illustrations, maps, genealogical tables ; 23 cm

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." --Publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Childhood memories, 1785-1796

Transition to adulthood, 1796-1805

Contributions to scholarship, 1805-1808

Wilhelm's journey, 1809

Collecting tales, 1810-1812

Reception of 'Children's and household tales,' 1812-1814

Unveiling the second volume of 'Children's and household tales,' 1815

Exploring German legends, 1816-1818

Revising 'Children's and household tales,' 1819

Grimm's law and the small edition of the 'Tales,' 1820s

The Göttingen era, 1829-1838

Aftermath of the Göttingen Seven protest, 1838-1841

Berlin beginnings, 1841-1852

Final years in Berlin, 1852-1863

Conclusion.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-315) and index.

ISBN:

0300221754

9780300221756

OCLC:

1464271054