Grimm, Jakob Ludwig Karl - Further Reading
FURTHER READING
Biography
Michaelis-Jena, Ruth. The BRöthers Grimm. London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1970, 212 p.
Traces the lives of the Grimms from the perspective of their accomplishments as leaders in the study of Germanic literature and language.
Criticism
Bottigheimer, Ruth B. Grimms' Bad Girls and Bold Boys: The Moral and Social Vision of the Tales. New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1987, 211 p.
With a special attention to gender, examines motifs that appear frequently in the tales to determine the social and moral beliefs they reflect.
Carsch, Henry. "Witchcraft and Spirit Possession in Grimm's Fairy Tales." Journal of Popular Culture 2, No. 4 (Spring 1969): 627-48.
Takes an anthropological approach to the tales to demonstrate how certain recurring figures—primarily witches—function in the service of social...
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