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S4:E1 | How the Brothers Grimm Created their Fairy Tale Collection
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Welcome to this new Le Salon Literary Discussions podcast series about the brothers Grimm. You’ve probably heard the name before and can identify some of the fairy tales they collected, but in this series, we’re going to tease out themes from the tales to take a closer look at them—and I think you’re going to be surprised what we find!
In this episode we’ll explore who the brothers were, how they collected and published their most famous work Kinder-Und Hausmärchen, which translates to Children’s and Household Tales, and which stories were included in the first edition.
[2:45] “I promise you this series is going to give you something new to think about regarding these very old tales.”
[10:01] “And while ‘children’ might appear in the title, at first the brothers didn’t even consider what might attract children as readers to their stories.”
[15:08] “But this tradition on paper must begin somewhere, and without the collection from the Grimm brothers we wouldn’t have them to reimagine and reshape as our sensibilities and values evolve. That is the beauty of these stories.”
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