Telling Tales : The Impact of Germany on English Children’s Books 1780-1918 /
Blamires, David
Telling Tales : The Impact of Germany on English Children’s Books 1780-1918 / David Blamires. - Cambridge : Open Book Publishers, 2013. - 460 p.
Ebook
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.
CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
978-1-906924-11-9
Literature
folktales
tales
Germany
tradition
fiction
moral tales
didactic tales
religious tales
historical tales
First World War
Franco-Prussian War
Thirty Years War
German history
Telling Tales : The Impact of Germany on English Children’s Books 1780-1918 / David Blamires. - Cambridge : Open Book Publishers, 2013. - 460 p.
Ebook
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.
CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
978-1-906924-11-9
Literature
folktales
tales
Germany
tradition
fiction
moral tales
didactic tales
religious tales
historical tales
First World War
Franco-Prussian War
Thirty Years War
German history
