Brothers Grimm (Critical Survey of Short Fiction)
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The Brothers Grimm published important studies of German tales and mythology, as well as philological works recognized for their importance to the study of the German language.
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The tales collected and edited by the Brothers Grimm are the defining instances of Märchen, a term only approximately translated by “fairy tale.” At a time when the changes wrought by the Industrial Revolution threatened to make the traditions of oral storytelling disappear, Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm were able to preserve these tales in...
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