TY  - BOOK
AU  - Norberg,Jakob
TI  - The Brothers Grimm and the making of German nationalism
SN  - 9781009063890 (ebook)
AV  - PD64.G7 N67 2022
U1  - 398.210922 23
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Grimm, Jacob,
KW  - Grimm, Wilhelm,
KW  - Philologists
KW  - Biography
KW  - Nationalism and literature
KW  - Germany
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Intellectual life
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Apr 2022); Open Access
N2  - 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. Convinced of the political relevance of their folk tale 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. They sought not only to recover and revive a neglected native culture for a contemporary audience, but also to facilitate a more harmonious and enduring relationship between the traditional political elite and an emerging national collective. Through close historical analysis, Norberg reconstructs how the Grimms wished to mediate between sovereigns and peoples, politics and culture. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/9781009063890
ER  -