@juergen_hubert@mementomori.social
2026-09-23 11:13 UTC
@Colman@mastodon.ie
When folk tales were transformed into works of literature by the bourgeoise.
I can't say when this first started, but it drastically accelerated in the 19th century thanks to the success of the Brothers Grimm's Fairy Tales. Which were _also_ massively rewritten.
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@Ardeija@literatur.social 2026-09-23 11:21
@juergen_hubert@mementomori.social I think it started even earlier: In 17th-century France, fairy tales were popular with the nobility (think of Madame d'Aulnoy's fairy tale collection), and France was very culturally influential in all Europe. You will encounter fairy tales specifically written (not only collected or transformed) by people high up in society - for example, there is a fairy tale (the German title is, funnily enough, "Zarewitsch Chlor") by no other than ... 1/2 https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feenm%C3%A4rchen_der_Madame_d%E2%80%99Aulnoy @Colman@mastodon.ie