The Brothers Grimm
In Our Time: Culture
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The Birth of German Nationalism
Why did they lend themselves to that deceit? It just is fascinating. Something else was going on. We're not talking about two deceitful men and then their brother joined in and illustrated it, wishes when it took off, and so on. And that's the interesting thing. It's to do with the birth of german nationalism. That's what i'd like to get at for a minute, and then we move on and talk about the story. I think it's interesting what they set out as a kind of doctrine in the preface to the to the children's and domestic tales,. which is the kind of thing william empson will call pastoral.
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