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- The tales became the center of a tension between the unity, the hope, of Western tradition in American social reality. They became simultaneously a sign of Eurocentrism and commercial Americanization.
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Oct 26, 2024 · The Brothers Grimm were two German folklorists and linguists who are today best known for their Kinder- und Hausmärchen (1812–22). This collection of stories, called Grimm’s Fairy Tales in the English-speaking world, led to the modern study of folklore .
What compelled the Grimms to concentrate on old German epics, tales, and literature was a belief that the most natural and pure forms of culture—those which held the community together—were linguistic and based in history.
Although it is difficult to make comparisons, I would argue that America has become more home to the Brothers Grimm than Germany and that the Americanized Grimms’ tales are better known than the German versions, thanks to the massive power of the American culture industry and globalization.
The Brothers Grimm (German: die Brüder Grimm or die Gebrüder Grimm), Jacob (1785–1863) and Wilhelm (1786–1859), were German academics who together collected and published folklore.
Oct 19, 2023 · The Brothers Grimm, known for their support of nationalism, utilized fairy tales as vehicles to transport readers into realms where righteousness prevails over wickedness through intense confrontations.
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I will show varying German and American perceptions of cultural unity and difference evident through scholarly and popular interpretations of Grimms' tales, and answer why. Title page of German Popular Stories (1825), the first translation of the Grimms' tales to appear in English.
Jan 24, 2017 · The original intent of the Grimm brothers was a scholarly project to preserve the oral traditions and cultural viewpoints of the German people, but after the first printing of the collection everything changed. The readers’ response to the first edition of the collection was not what the Grimm brothers had been hoping for:
