TY - GEN AU - Blamires,David TI - Telling Tales : The Impact of Germany on English Children’s Books 1780-1918 SN - OBP.0004 PY - 2009/// PB - Open Book Publishers KW - Children’s & teenage literature studies KW - bicssc KW - heidi KW - fairytales KW - brothers grimm KW - baron munchausen KW - swiss family robinson KW - nutcracker KW - children's literature KW - german literature KW - Fairy tale KW - London N1 - Open Access N2 - 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, it covers a wealth of translated and adapted material UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30316/1/646695.pdf UR - https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/30316/1/646695.pdf UR - https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/33225 ER -