Telling Tales: The Impact of Germany on English Children’s Books 1780-1918 - cover image

Copyright

David Blamires

Published On

2009-10-01

ISBN

Paperback978-1-906924-09-6
Hardback978-1-906924-10-2
PDF978-1-906924-11-9
HTML978-1-80064-431-1

Language

  • English

Print Length

476 pages (xiii + 463)

Dimensions

Paperback156 x 24 x 234 mm(6.14" x 0.95" x 9.21")
Hardback156 x 27 x 234 mm(6.14" x 1.06" x 9.21")

Weight

Paperback1455g (51.32oz)
Hardback1849g (65.22oz)

Media

Illustrations34

OCLC Number

1086502696

LCCN

2019452804

BIC

  • DSY

BISAC

  • LIT009000
  • LIT004170

LCC

  • PR129.G3

Keywords

  • Children's literature
  • German literature
  • Baron Munchausen
  • Heidi
  • Swiss Family Robinson
  • Nutcracker
  • Brothers Grimm
  • fairytales

Telling Tales

The Impact of Germany on English Children’s Books 1780-1918

  • David Blamires (author)
Germany has had a profound influence on English stories for children. The Brothers Grimm, The Swiss Family Robinson and Johanna Spyri’s Heidi quickly became classics but, as David Blamires clearly articulates in this volume, many other works have been fundamental in the development of English children’s stories during the 19th century and beyond. Telling Tales is the first comprehensive study of the impact of Germany on English children’s books, covering the period from 1780 to the First World War. Beginning with The Adventures of Baron Munchausen, moving through the classics and including many other collections of fairytales and legends, it covers a wealth of translated and adapted material.

Reviews

One should not use the designation ‘standard work’ lightly, but this book well deserves the accolade. It will, over time, become the touchstone for much fruitful investigation.

Florian Krobb

"Telling Tales: The Impact of Germany on English Children's Books 1780–1918 by David Blamires". MLR (0026-7937), vol. 106, no. 2, 2011. doi:10.5699/modelangrevi.106.2.0506

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Contents

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Discovering Germany

(pp. 63–77)
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The Thirty Years War

(pp. 291–307)
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Picture Books

(pp. 321–351)
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German Books for Girls

(pp. 395–407)
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Introduction

(pp. 1–7)
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Contributors

David Blamires

(author)
Professor of German at University of Manchester