The Brothers Grimm: a biography
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New Haven : Yale University Press, [2024].
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Book
Physical Desc:
xviii, 336 pages : illustrations, maps, genealogical tables ; 23 cm
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"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.
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Guilford New Adult Biography
BIOG GRIMM
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Middlefield/Coe New Adult Collection
BIO Grimm
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North Branford/Smith Adult Biography - New
New Biography GRIMM
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Wallingford NEW Adult Nonfiction
830.9 GRIMM SC
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Woodbridge New Adult Biography
B GRIMM
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Subjects
LC Subjects
Authors, German -- 19th century -- Biography.
Fairy tales -- Germany -- History and criticism.
Folklore -- Germany.
Folklorists -- Germany -- Biography.
Grimm, Jacob, -- 1785-1863 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Grimm, Jacob, -- 1785-1863.
Grimm, Wilhelm, -- 1786-1859 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Grimm, Wilhelm, -- 1786-1859.
Kinder- und Hausmärchen.
Philologists -- Germany -- Biography.
Fairy tales -- Germany -- History and criticism.
Folklore -- Germany.
Folklorists -- Germany -- Biography.
Grimm, Jacob, -- 1785-1863 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Grimm, Jacob, -- 1785-1863.
Grimm, Wilhelm, -- 1786-1859 -- Criticism and interpretation.
Grimm, Wilhelm, -- 1786-1859.
Kinder- und Hausmärchen.
Philologists -- Germany -- Biography.
Other Subjects
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ISBN:
0300221754, 9780300221756
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-315) and index.
Description
"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.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Schmiesing, A. (2024). The Brothers Grimm: a biography. Yale University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Schmiesing, Ann, 1969-. 2024. The Brothers Grimm: A Biography. Yale University Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Schmiesing, Ann, 1969-, The Brothers Grimm: A Biography. Yale University Press, 2024.
MLA Citation (style guide)Schmiesing, Ann. The Brothers Grimm: A Biography. Yale University Press, 2024.
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