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- Convinced of the political relevance of their folktale collections and grammatical studies, the brothers Grimm argued that they could help disentangle language groups from one another, redraw the boundaries of states in Europe, and counsel kings and princes on the proper extent and character of their rule.
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The second book, The Brothers Grimm and the Making of German Nationalism (Cambridge UP 2022), shows how Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm viewed philologists as arbiters of national identity, even adjudicators of national territory, and therefore as experts indispensable to the modern nation state.
Shaped by their professional careers as civil servants, the brothers Grimm did not only want to remind German people of their stories and thereby strengthen national consciousness; they also thought that monarchs should appreciate and honor the cultural and ethnic character of the people.
Apr 7, 2022 · Grimm lauded the Prussian king’s “sense of justice,” his “strength,” and “wisdom” 7 – traditional virtues ascribed to monarchs. However, he defined the tension over Schleswig and Holstein as a national conflict, one between two distinct peoples who should be disentangled and separately governed.
Zipes steers the conversation into nationalism and German pride by asserting that due to circumstances, the brothers began preserving German lore for their own purpose, nationalism, instead of the embodiment of the Romantic era.
Apr 7, 2022 · As a collector of the words, tales, laws, and myths of the German nation, Jacob Grimm tirelessly promoted the nationalist resolution of the post-revolutionary boundary problem in the German context.
Apr 7, 2022 · In the first comprehensive English-language portrait of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm as political thinkers and actors, Jakob Norberg reveals how history’s two most famous folklorists envisioned the role of literary and linguistic scholars in defining national identity.
THE BROTHERS GRIMM AND THE MAKING OF GERMAN NATIONALISMIn the first comprehensive English-language portrait of Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm as political thinkers and actors, Jakob Norberg reveals how history’s two most famous folklorists envisioned the role of literar.
