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Fairy tales are remnants of an old, long-forgotten clairvoyance that still lives on here and there. Telling fairy tales to children today gives spiritual nourishment which later in life can be a source of ideals and imaginative, creative thinking. The author rediscovers the lost meaning of these stories and opens the door to their spiritual understanding.
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"...Ruth Michaelis-Jena intimately traces the careers of these extraordinary brothers and seeks to answer a host of controversial questions about their lives and work- the Grimms have been accused of excessive nationalism, of anti-Semitism, and of being bound by an 'unnatural' fraternal attachment".dust jacket.
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The brothers who collected "Little Red Riding Hood" were born in Hesse while Napoleon's armies were sweeping through Europe. Trained as librarians and inspired by their love of their own heritage and language which was under threat from the French domination, they began collecting folklore in nearby Hessian villages and the surrounding countryside. They then began looking at nearly forgotten legends and epic poems, which led to a study of archaic...
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Most of the fairy tales that we grew up with we know thanks to the Brothers Grimm. Jack Zipes one of the more astute critics of fairy tales, explodes the romantic myth of the brothers as wandering scholars, who gathered "authentic" tales from the peasantry. Bringing to bear his own critical expertise as well and new biographical information, Zipes examines the interaction between the Grimms' lives and their work. He reveals the Grimms' personal struggle...
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"The stories in the Grimm brothers' Kinder- und Hausmärchen (Children's and Household Tales), first published in 1812 and 1815, have come to define academic and popular understandings of the fairy tale genre. Yet over a period of forty years, the brothers, especially Wilhelm, revised, edited, sanitized, and bowdlerized the tales, publishing the seventh and final edition in 1857 with many of the sexual implications removed. However, the contributors...
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Who were the Brothers Grimm? Despite the enormous influence the Grimms have had on our culture, they themselves remain little known and poorly understood. In "The Brothers Grimm", Jack Zipes sets the record straight. Bringing to bear his own expertise as well as new biographical information, Zipes examines the interaction between the Grimms' lives and their work. He reveals the Grimms' personal struggle to overcome social prejudice and poverty, as...
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This study provides a thorough analysis of the entire body of Grimms' Tales, focusing in particular on the matter of gender. By combining a sociohistorical examination of the stories with close scrutiny of the language in which they are told, the author reveals coherent patterns of motif, plot, and image and brings new insight into the moral and social vision of the collection.--From publisher description.
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"As a book, Grimms' Fairy Tales has been with us less than two hundred years, yet it is recognized as one of the most widely known tomes in the world. Explanations for the book's popularity and longevity have typically been one-dimensional generalizations about a universal quality residing within the tales themselves. The tales endure, we are told, because they are timeless, true, or good." "The Reception of Grimms' Fairy Tales rejects the notion...
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