The Brothers Grimm and the Making of German Nationalism

ISBN-13: 9781316513279 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022 / 228 str.

North Carolina) Norberg Jakob (Duke University

Opis

Vividly reconstructing the political ideas of the Brothers Grimm, Jakob Norberg transforms our image of history's most famous folklorists.

Spis treści

1. The philologist king: Politics and knowledge in the nationalist era; 2. Folk hatred and folk tales: The nationalist politics of the children- and household tales; 3. The prince of Germany: Wilhelm Grimm and the philologist as redeemer; 4. Love of the fatherland and fatherly love: Jacob Grimm's political thought; 5. The mother tongue at school: Jacob Grimm and the institutions of nation building; 6. The names of the barbarians: The philologist, the tribe, and the empire.