Brothers Grimm: References & Edit History
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Older English-language biographies of the Grimm brothers include Ruth Michaelis-Jena, The Brothers Grimm (1970); and Murray B. Peppard, Paths Through the Forest: A Biography of the Brothers Grimm (1971). Jack Zipes, The Brothers Grimm: From Enchanted Forests to the Modern World (2002), combines biography with social history.
Grimmâs Fairy Tales dominates studies in English of the Grimm brothersâ work. Scholarly analyses include Maria Tatar, The Hard Facts of the Grimmsâ Fairy Tales, expanded 2nd ed. (2003), which considers the violent and otherâfor a modern audienceâdifficult aspects of tales often presented as childrenâs literature; John M. Ellis, One Fairy Story Too Many: The Brothers Grimm and Their Tales (1983), determined to undermine the Grimmsâ claims for the talesâ authenticity; and G. Ronald Murphy, The Owl, the Raven, and the Dove: The Religious Meaning of the Grimmsâ Magic Fairy Tales (2000). Donald Haase (ed.), The Reception of Grimmsâ Fairy Tales: Responses, Reactions, Revisions (1993), is a very wide-ranging collection of essays that engage with Grimmâs Fairy Tales and its legacy. The Annotated Brothers Grimm, ed. and trans. by Maria Tatar (2012), is an authoritative edition of selected translated tales supported by notes and essays.
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Article History
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| Invalidated site: The Criterion: An International Journal In English - The Brothers Grimm and the Hermeneutics of Folklore: An Overview (PDF). | Sep 14, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Criterion: An International Journal In English - The Brothers Grimm and the Hermeneutics of Folklore: An Overview (PDF). | May 08, 2026 | ||
| Added top questions, head levels, and media. | Dec 17, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - Brothers Grimm from a Croatian Perspective (PDF). | Oct 11, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Colorado Boulder - Colorado Arts and Sciences Magazine - Understanding the Brothers Grimm beyond princesses and magic. | Mar 28, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: Project Muse - Two Hundred Years After Once Upon a Time: The Legacy of the Brothers Grimm and Their Tales in Germany (PDF). | Jan 18, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: BBC - Are GrimmÂs Fairy Tales too twisted for children? | Dec 06, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Digital Commons at IWU - The Grimm Brothers as Editors. | Oct 26, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Pittsburgh - Grimm Brothers' Home Page. | Aug 02, 2024 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 11, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Mar 08, 2024 | ||
| Added cross-reference to Little Red Riding Hood. | Dec 22, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Geographic - Brothers Grimm fairy tales were never meant for kids. | Aug 07, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Endowment for the Humanities - How the Grimm Brothers Saved the Fairy Tale. | Dec 08, 2022 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - The Brothers Grimm. | Sep 06, 2022 | ||
| Added cross-references. | Dec 29, 2020 | ||
| Bibliography revised. | Jan 19, 2017 | ||
| Article revised. | Jan 18, 2017 | ||
| Add new Web site: Famous Authors - Biography of Brothers Grimm. | Feb 23, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Library Point - Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm: Brothers and Best Friends on the Fairy Tale Road. | Feb 23, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: University of Pittsburgh - Grimm Brothers' Home Page. | Feb 23, 2016 | ||
| Add new Web site: Buzzle.com - Micro, Mini, and Personal Submarine. | Jan 24, 2012 | ||
| Changed "The Netherlands" to "the Netherlands." | Jul 28, 2010 | ||
| Article revised. | Mar 07, 2008 | ||
| Article retitled. | Mar 07, 2008 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | May 24, 2007 | ||
| Article revised and updated. | Apr 09, 2007 | ||
| Added new Web site: Ohio University - Wired for Books Kids' Corner. | Jun 27, 2006 | ||
| Added new Web site: Virginia Commonwealth University - 19th-Century German Stories. | Jun 14, 2006 | ||
| Article revised. | Jul 19, 2002 | ||
| Article revised. | Oct 05, 2000 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 20, 1998 |