9781403960658

The Brothers Grimm

Format: Hardcover

ISBN13: 9781403960658

Hardcover|9781403960658


Overview

Most of the fairy tales that we grew up with we know thanks to the Brothers Grimm. Jack Zipes, one of our surest guides through the world of fairy tales and their criticism, takes behind the romantics mythology of the wandering brothers. Bringing to bear his own critical 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 well as their political efforts - as scholars and civil servant - toward unifying the German states. By deftly interweaving the social, political, and personal elements of the lives of the Brothers Grimm, Zipes rescues them from sentimental obscurity. No longer figures in fairy tale, the Brothers Grimm emerge as powerful creators, real men who established the fairy tale as one of our great literary institutions. Part biography, part critical assessment, part social history, the Brothers Grimm provides a complexand very real story about fairy tales and the modern world.

ISBN-13

9781403960658

ISBN-10

1403960658

Weight

1.10 Pounds

Dimensions

6.74 x 1.15 x 8.32 In

List Price

$54.99

Edition

2nd Edition

Format

Hardcover

Language

English

Pages

xx, 331 pages

Publisher

Palgrave Macmillan

Published On

2002-12-06



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