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GRIMM, JAKOB LUDWIG CARL 1785-1863, AND WILHELM KARL 1786-1859

From Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era, 1760-1850
Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm have had an enormous impact on the development of modern German studies, in the areas of language, literature, and culture. Their work as researchers and editors in the fields of Germanic linguistics and philology, medieval literary texts, folklore, and mythology set the foundations for our understanding of German linguistic cultures. Their Deutsches Wörterbuch (German Dictionary) is recognized as the standard work on the historical development and the usage of the German language. Their well-known collection of German fairy tales, Kinder und Hausmärchen (Grimms’ Fairy Tales), has been translated into numerous languages and has become part of the literary canon of world culture. The first edition of the collection of fairy tales was published in 1812 and contained eighty four tales. In the preface, the two Grimm brothers asserted their belief that the stories represent a Germanic oral folk tradition that had remained unchanged over centuries. Although this…
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Full text Article Grimm, Brothers

From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Jacob (right) and Wilhelm Grimm, oil portrait by...
German folklorists and philologists. Jacob Ludwig Carl Grimm (b. Jan. 4, 1785, Hanau, Hesse-Kassel [Germany]—d. Sept. 20, 1863, Berlin) and Wilhelm Carl Grimm (b. Feb. 24, 1786, Hanau, Hesse-Kassel [Germany]—d. Dec. 16, 1859, Berlin) spent most of their lives in literary research as librarians and…
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Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm have had an enormous impact on the development of modern German studies, in the areas of language, literature, and culture. Their work as researchers and editors in the fields of Germanic linguistics and philology, medieval literary texts, folklore, and mythology set the…
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Full text Article Germany, fairy tales in

From The Oxford Companion to Fairy Tales
The roots of the German literary fairy tale can be traced to the ancient Egyptian and Graeco-Roman period of myths and oral storytelling as well as to the pagan Nordic and Slavic traditions of folklore. Though it is customary to credit Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm with fostering the study of folk and…
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Full text Article ARNIM, ACHIM VON 1781-1831

From Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era, 1760-1850
The importance of Achim von Arnim in German Romanticism has long been underestimated. During his lifetime, his works were known only to a small circle of friends (which included most of the major figures of the period) and were misunderstood by nearly all of them. This state of affairs has proven…
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Full text Article GERMANY: CULTURAL SURVEY

From Encyclopedia of the Romantic Era, 1760-1850
In Germany, the era under consideration here was dominated by the rise and fall of Romanticism, a period generally defined by literary historians as beginning in the 1790s and ending in the 1830s, marked by the publication of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's novel Wilhelm Meister (1795) and the deaths…
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Full text Article German literature

From The Hutchinson Unabridged Encyclopedia with Atlas and Weather Guide
The literature of Germany. The earliest written records date from the late 8th century and consist of glosses and translations from Latin of religious and philosophical works. However, there existed a tradition of oral literature, Heldenlieder , or songs describing the deeds of heroes, battle songs, …
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Full text Article Literature

From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
Abbey, Edward Académie Française academy accent Achebe, (Albert) Chinua(lumogu) acrostic Adams, Henry (Brooks) Addison, Joseph Adorno, Theodor (Wie... …
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Full text Article GERMAN POETRY

From The Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics
I. Medieval II. Early Modern III. Seventeenth Century IV. Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries V. Nineteenth Century VI. Twentieth Century I. Medieval The written record of Ger. poetry begins ... …
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Full text Article GERMAN POETRY

From The Princeton Handbook of World Poetries
I. Medieval II. Early Modern III. Seventeenth Century IV. Eighteenth and Early Nineteenth Centuries V. Nineteenth Century VI. Twentieth Century The written record of Ger. poetry begins in the early 9th c. Charlemagne's biographer Einhard attests to the emperor's interest in preserving pre-Christian…
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Full text Article ZIPES, Jack (1937–)

From The Oxford Companion to Children's Literature
A world-renowned American author, editor, scholar, activist, and translator. Specializing in *fairy tales , Zipes is keenly concerned with the social and political role of storytelling and its impact on children's lives. A Professor Emeritus of German and Comparative Literature at the University of…
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