The Grimms’ Weird Tales
<p>The folk tales collected and rewritten by the Brothers Grimm may ‘seem to come from nowhere and to belong to everyone’, Colin Burrow wrote recently in the LRB, but ‘this is an illusion’. In the latest episode of the LRB podcast, Colin joins Thomas Jones to talk about the distinctive place and time in which Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm lived and worked, as well as the enduring appeal and ‘vital weirdness’ of the tales.</p><br><p><strong>Sponsored links:</strong></p><br><p>Visit the Munch exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery: <a href="https://www.npg.org.uk/munch" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.npg.org.uk/munch</a></p><p>See <em>The Years</em> at the Harold Pinter Theatre: <a href="https://theyearsplay.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://theyearsplay.com</a></p><br><p><br></p><p><br></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>
The LRB Podcast · The London Review of Books
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Show Notes
The folk tales collected and rewritten by the Brothers Grimm may ‘seem to come from nowhere and to belong to everyone’, Colin Burrow wrote recently in the LRB, but ‘this is an illusion’. In the latest episode of the LRB podcast, Colin joins Thomas Jones to talk about the distinctive place and time in which Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm lived and worked, as well as the enduring appeal and ‘vital weirdness’ of the tales.
Sponsored links:
Visit the Munch exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery: https://www.npg.org.uk/munch
See The Years at the Harold Pinter Theatre: https://theyearsplay.com
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