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The Brothers Grimm (RLE Folklore)
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This is the first modern biography of the Brothers Grimm, first published in 1970. It is a study of them in their background of late eighteenth-century and nineteenth-century Germany, and shows the position they held in their society as founders of Germanic philology, as members of the 'Göttingen Seven', and inside the circle of the German Romantics. Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were pioneers in the recording of authentic traditional stories. Gradual revisions gave these tales the form in which they have come down to us. Even if more recently the custom has been to leave stories as they were told, the astonishing currency of the Grimms' collection is due largely to the brothers' editorial work. The Grimms' lasting fame, as Michaelis-Jena points out, may well rest on the fact that by their insistence on 'genuine and true recording' they turned the amateur antiquarian into the professional folklorist. Ruth Michaelis-Jena has worked for many years on the Brothers Grimm, and has had access to little known material at various libraries and museums in Germany.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Original Title Page
- Original Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- List of Plates
- List of Illustrations in the Text
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 Childhood in Hanau and Steinau 1785â1798
- 2 Schooldays in Cassel: Students at Marburg University 1798â1805
- 3 Settling in Cassel 1805â1810
- 4 The Nursery and Household Tales 1806â1812
- 5 Westphalian Friendships: The Fairytale-Wife 1812â1815
- 6 Living in Turbulent Times 1810â1814
- 7 The Congress of Vienna 1814â1815
- 8 Growing Fame as Horizons Widen 1816â1820
- 9 A Storm Gathers 1821â1829
- 10 The Move to Göttingen 1850â1856
- 11 The Göttingen Seven 1857â1838
- 12 Exiles in Cassel 1858â1840
- 13 Finding New Roots 1841â1845
- 14 Travels and Homecomings, German Philologists Meet 1845â1847
- 15 March Revolution Frankfurt Parliament and After 1848â1859
- 16 The Declining Years 1859â1865
- 17 The Nursery and Household Tales, and their influence
- Abbreviations
- Notes to Chapters
- Selected Bibliography
- Genealogical Table of the Grimm family
- Index