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

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 (Musaus, Wilhelm Hauff, Bechstein, Brentano) Telling Tales covers a wealth of translated and adapted material in a large variety of forms, and pays detailed attention to the problems of translation and adaptation of texts for children. In addition, Telling Tales considers educational works (Campe and Salzmann), moral and religious tales (Carove, Schmid and Barth), historical tales, adventure stories and picture books (including Wilhelm Busch's Max and Moritz ) together with an analysis of what British children learnt through textbooks about Germany as a country and its variegated history, particularly in times of war." Table of Contents Introduction Ch.1. The Adventures of Baron Munchausen Ch.2. A World of Discovery: Joachim Heinrich Campe Ch.3. Elements of Morality: Salzmann and Wollstonecraft Ch.4. Musäus and the Beginnings of the Fairytale Ch.5. Discovering Germany Ch.6. The Swiss Family Robinson Ch.7. Moral, Didactic and Religious Tales Ch.8. Friedrich de la Motte Fouqué: Undine and Sintram Ch.9. Adelbert von Chamisso’s Peter Schlemihl Ch.10. The Fairytales of the Brothers Grimm Ch.11. The Fairytales of Wilhelm Hauff Ch.12. The Folktale Tradition in Germany Ch.13. E. T. A. Hoffmann’s Nutcracker and Mouse King Ch.14. Lesser Fairytales Authors Ch.15. Clemens Brentano’s Fairytales Ch.16. Learning about German History Ch.17. The Thirty Years War Ch.18. Historical Tales and Adventure Stories Ch.19. Picture Books Ch.20. Siegfried and the Nibelungenlied Ch.21. The Franco-Prussian War Ch.22. German Books for Girls Ch.23. Children’s Books and the First World War Primary Texts Select Bibliography Index "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 fairy tales and legends, it covers a wealth of translated and adapted material."--Publisher's description