Copyright
David BlamiresPublished On
2009-10-01ISBN
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
1086502696LCCN
2019452804BIC
- 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
Contents
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
(pp. 9–21)- David Blamires
A World of Discovery: Joachim Heirich Campe
(pp. 23–38)- David Blamires
- David Blamires
Musaus and the Beginnings of the Fairytale
(pp. 51–61)- David Blamires
Discovering Germany
(pp. 63–77)- David Blamires
The Swiss Family Robinson
(pp. 79–93)- David Blamires
Moral, Didactic and Religious Tales
(pp. 95–119)- David Blamires
Friedrich de la Motte Fouque: Undine and Sintram
(pp. 121–133)- David Blamires
Adalbert von Chamisso's Peter Schlemihl
(pp. 135–145)- David Blamires
The Fairytales of the Brothers Grimm
(pp. 147–180)- David Blamires
The Fairytales of Wilhelm Hauff
(pp. 181–203)- David Blamires
The Folktale Tradition in Germany
(pp. 205–221)- David Blamires
E.T.A. Hoffmann's Nutcracker and Mouse King
(pp. 223–244)- David Blamires
Lesser Fairytales Authors
(pp. 245–262)- David Blamires
Clemens Brentano's Fairytales
(pp. 263–274)- David Blamires
Learning about German History
(pp. 275–290)- David Blamires
The Thirty Years War
(pp. 291–307)- David Blamires
Historical Tales and Adventure Stories
(pp. 309–319)- David Blamires
Picture Books
(pp. 321–351)- David Blamires
Siegfried and the Nibelungenlied
(pp. 353–370)- David Blamires
The Franco-Prussian War
(pp. 371–394)- David Blamires
German Books for Girls
(pp. 395–407)- David Blamires
Children's Books and the First World War
(pp. 409–422)- David Blamires
Introduction
(pp. 1–7)- David Blamires
Contributors
David Blamires
(author)Professor of German at University of Manchester