The Brothers Grimm & Their Critics: Folktales and the Quest for Meaning

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Ohio University Press, 1992 - Biography & Autobiography - 377 pages
Critics of the Grimms' folktales have often imposed narrow patriotic, religious, moralistic, social, and pragmatic meanings of their stories, sometimes banning them altogether from nurseries and schoolrooms. In this study, Kamenetsky uses the methodology of the folklorist to place the folktale research of the Grimms within the broader context of their scholarly work in comparative linguistics and literature.

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The Brothers Grimm & Their Critics: Folktales and the Quest for Meaning
Christa Kamenetsky
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About the author (1992)

Christa Kamenetsky was a schoolchild in Germany during World War II. She studied at the universities of Kiel, Bremen, Freiburg, Central Michigan, Munich, and Washington. She is also the author of The Brothers Grimm and Their Critics: Folktales and the Quest for Meaning and was a professor of English at Central Michigan University, where she taught children's literature and comparative literature.

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TitleThe Brothers Grimm & Their Critics: Folktales and the Quest for Meaning
AuthorChrista Kamenetsky
Edition2, illustrated, reprint
PublisherOhio University Press, 1992
ISBN0821410660, 9780821410660
Length377 pages
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Biography & Autobiography / General
Literary Criticism / European / German
Literary Criticism / Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology
Literary Criticism / General
Social Science / Folklore & Mythology
  
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