Leipzig : Dieterich Verlag, 1913. 556 p.
Fundamental and momentous work based on the annotations to Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s fairy tales that he published in collaboration with the Czech scholar Ji?? Pol?vka. Published in five volumes between 1913 and 1932, the "Anmerkungen zu den Kinder- und Hausm?rchen der Br?der Grimm" ("Annotations to Grimms’ Children’s and Household Tales") significantly expands the Grimms’ own annotations by further documenting sources and inteational variants of the brothers’ tales. This was especially critical at the time, when scholars practicing the historic-geographic method were interested in documenting tale types and tracking their diffusion. In a broader context, however, the work’s importance lies in its serving as a foundational resource for the comparative study of European folktales.
Fundamental and momentous work based on the annotations to Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm’s fairy tales that he published in collaboration with the Czech scholar Ji?? Pol?vka. Published in five volumes between 1913 and 1932, the "Anmerkungen zu den Kinder- und Hausm?rchen der Br?der Grimm" ("Annotations to Grimms’ Children’s and Household Tales") significantly expands the Grimms’ own annotations by further documenting sources and inteational variants of the brothers’ tales. This was especially critical at the time, when scholars practicing the historic-geographic method were interested in documenting tale types and tracking their diffusion. In a broader context, however, the work’s importance lies in its serving as a foundational resource for the comparative study of European folktales.