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Grimm Ripples: The Legacy of the Grimmsâ Deutsche Sagen in Northern Europe
Series: - National Cultivation of Culture, Volume: 30
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This book sheds new light on the central role of the Grimmsâ all too often neglected Deutsche Sagen (German Legends), published in 1816-1818 as a follow up to their famous collection of fairy tales. As the chapters in this book demonstrate, Deutsche Sagen, with its firmly nationalistic title, set in motion a cultural tsunami of folklore collection throughout Northern Europe from Ireland and Estonia, which focused initially on the collection of folk legends rather than fairy tales.
Grimm Ripples focuses on the initial northward wave of collection between 1816 and 1870, and the letters, introductions and reviews associated with these collections which effectively demonstrate how those involved understood what was being collected. This approach offers important new insights into the key role played by Folkloristics in the Romantic Nationalistic movement of the early nineteenth century.
Contributors are: Terry Gunnell, Joep Leerssen, Holger Ehrhardt, Timothy R. Tangherlini, Herleik Baklid, Ane Ohrvik, Line Esborg, Fredrik Skott, John Lindow, ÃilÃs Nà Dhiubhne Almqvist, John Shaw, Jonathan Roper, Kim Simonsen, Rósa Ãorsteinsdóttir, Liina Lukas, Pertti Anttonen, Ulrika Wolf-Knuts, and Susanne Ãsterlund-Pötzsch.
Grimm Ripples focuses on the initial northward wave of collection between 1816 and 1870, and the letters, introductions and reviews associated with these collections which effectively demonstrate how those involved understood what was being collected. This approach offers important new insights into the key role played by Folkloristics in the Romantic Nationalistic movement of the early nineteenth century.
Contributors are: Terry Gunnell, Joep Leerssen, Holger Ehrhardt, Timothy R. Tangherlini, Herleik Baklid, Ane Ohrvik, Line Esborg, Fredrik Skott, John Lindow, ÃilÃs Nà Dhiubhne Almqvist, John Shaw, Jonathan Roper, Kim Simonsen, Rósa Ãorsteinsdóttir, Liina Lukas, Pertti Anttonen, Ulrika Wolf-Knuts, and Susanne Ãsterlund-Pötzsch.
Terry Gunnell is Professor of Folkloristics at the University of Iceland. Author of The Origins of Drama in Scandinavia (1995), he is also co-editor of Málarinn og menningarsköpun: Sigurður Guðmundsson og Kvöldfélagið 1858â1874 (The Painter and Cultural Creation: Sigurður Guðmundsson and the Evening Society 1858â1874) which was nominated for the Icelandic Literature Award in 2017.
âSeventeen articles in Grimm Ripples offer a wide, many-sided, and colorful picture of the emergence of European legend and fairy-tale studies, its success stories, challenges and difficulties, and the formation of early folkloristics.â
âGrimm Ripples is an informative study of the beginnings of European folkloristics in the nineteenth century. It focuses on outstanding individual scholars and their works but likewise shows the importance of networking, social relationships and friendships.â
---- Ãlo Valk, in: Journal of Folklore Research Reviews September 25, 2023
"Grimm Ripples is a large collection of articles which importantly re-opens discussions that had been perhaps prematurely closed. "
---- JoAnn Conrad, in: Folklore Published online: 21 Jun 2023
"A refreshing and timely read, Grimm Ripples convincingly explores the spread of folklore research and collection efforts in Northern Europe, influenced by the Grimmsâ much neglected book Deutsche Sagen. Gunnellâs anthology is a meaningful and critical contribution to the ongoing analysis of the Grimmsâ work, not only regarding their development of German folklore but of their advancement of national culture, pride, and identity throughout Europe". Rebecca Davis in Marvels & Tales: Journal of Fairy-Tale Studies, 38(1), 2024.
âGrimm Ripples is an informative study of the beginnings of European folkloristics in the nineteenth century. It focuses on outstanding individual scholars and their works but likewise shows the importance of networking, social relationships and friendships.â
---- Ãlo Valk, in: Journal of Folklore Research Reviews September 25, 2023
"Grimm Ripples is a large collection of articles which importantly re-opens discussions that had been perhaps prematurely closed. "
---- JoAnn Conrad, in: Folklore Published online: 21 Jun 2023
"A refreshing and timely read, Grimm Ripples convincingly explores the spread of folklore research and collection efforts in Northern Europe, influenced by the Grimmsâ much neglected book Deutsche Sagen. Gunnellâs anthology is a meaningful and critical contribution to the ongoing analysis of the Grimmsâ work, not only regarding their development of German folklore but of their advancement of national culture, pride, and identity throughout Europe". Rebecca Davis in Marvels & Tales: Journal of Fairy-Tale Studies, 38(1), 2024.
Contents
List of Illustrations, Diagrams and Tables
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
âTerry Gunnell
1 Topo-narratives
âJoep Leerssen
2 The Grimm Brothersâ Deutsche Sagen: Collection Plan, Sources, Critiques, Reception
âHolger Ehrhardt
3 The Accidental Folklorist: Thieleâs Collection of Danish Folk Legends in Early Nineteenth-Century Denmark
âTimothy R. Tangherlini
4 âYou Can Therefore Rightly See These Folk Legends as a Reflection of Your Own!â The Grimm Brothers and the Norwegian Collector of Folk Legends, Andreas Faye
âHerleik Baklid
5 Mapping the Knowledge Network of the Norwegian Folklore Collector Peter Christen Asbjørnsen in the Nineteenth Century
âAne Ohrvik
6 Treue und Wahrheit: Asbjørnsen and Moe and the Scientification of Folklore in Norway
âLine Esborg
7 Gunnar Olof Hyltén-Cavallius and the Svenska sägner That Never Appeared
âTerry Gunnell and Fredrik Skott
8 George Stephens: An Unlikely Conduit
âJohn Lindow
9 Pioneers: Thomas Crofton Croker and the Brothers Grimm
âEilÃs NÃ Dhuibhne Almqvist
10 The Grimms, Scotland and âThis New Science of âStoryologyââ
âJohn Shaw
11 Considered Trifles: English Grimmians
âJonathan Roper
12 The Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries and V. U. Hammershaimbâs Collections of Faroese Folk Legends
âKim Simonsen
13 Konrad Maurer: Cultural Conduit and Collector
âRósa Ãorsteinsdóttir
14 Jón Ãrnason and the Collection of Icelandic Folk Legends: Ripples, Flotsam, Nets and Reflections
âTerry Gunnell
15 The Grimms and Folklore Collection in Estonia in the Mid-nineteenth Century
âLiina Lukas
16 The Grimm Brothers and the Quest for Legends in Nineteenth-Century Finnish Folklore Studies
âPertti Anttonen
17 Oskar Rancken, Swedish-Language Folklore Collection in Finland and the Grimm Ripples
âUlrika Wolf-Knuts and Susanne Ãsterlund-Pötzsch
Bibliography
Index
List of Illustrations, Diagrams and Tables
Notes on Contributors
Introduction
âTerry Gunnell
1 Topo-narratives
âJoep Leerssen
2 The Grimm Brothersâ Deutsche Sagen: Collection Plan, Sources, Critiques, Reception
âHolger Ehrhardt
3 The Accidental Folklorist: Thieleâs Collection of Danish Folk Legends in Early Nineteenth-Century Denmark
âTimothy R. Tangherlini
4 âYou Can Therefore Rightly See These Folk Legends as a Reflection of Your Own!â The Grimm Brothers and the Norwegian Collector of Folk Legends, Andreas Faye
âHerleik Baklid
5 Mapping the Knowledge Network of the Norwegian Folklore Collector Peter Christen Asbjørnsen in the Nineteenth Century
âAne Ohrvik
6 Treue und Wahrheit: Asbjørnsen and Moe and the Scientification of Folklore in Norway
âLine Esborg
7 Gunnar Olof Hyltén-Cavallius and the Svenska sägner That Never Appeared
âTerry Gunnell and Fredrik Skott
8 George Stephens: An Unlikely Conduit
âJohn Lindow
9 Pioneers: Thomas Crofton Croker and the Brothers Grimm
âEilÃs NÃ Dhuibhne Almqvist
10 The Grimms, Scotland and âThis New Science of âStoryologyââ
âJohn Shaw
11 Considered Trifles: English Grimmians
âJonathan Roper
12 The Royal Society of Northern Antiquaries and V. U. Hammershaimbâs Collections of Faroese Folk Legends
âKim Simonsen
13 Konrad Maurer: Cultural Conduit and Collector
âRósa Ãorsteinsdóttir
14 Jón Ãrnason and the Collection of Icelandic Folk Legends: Ripples, Flotsam, Nets and Reflections
âTerry Gunnell
15 The Grimms and Folklore Collection in Estonia in the Mid-nineteenth Century
âLiina Lukas
16 The Grimm Brothers and the Quest for Legends in Nineteenth-Century Finnish Folklore Studies
âPertti Anttonen
17 Oskar Rancken, Swedish-Language Folklore Collection in Finland and the Grimm Ripples
âUlrika Wolf-Knuts and Susanne Ãsterlund-Pötzsch
Bibliography
Index
This book will be of interest to scholars, students (both undergraduate and post graduate) and others interested in folklore, folkloristics, cultural history, comparative literature, art, and drama, Scandinavian studies, and Nordic languages and literature.