Introduction: The Legacy of the Grimms’ Tales in Picturebook Versions of the Twenty-First Century

Abstract

Over two centuries after the Brothers Grimm started their work on Die Kinder- und Hausmarchen (Children’s and Household Tales, 1812‒1815), their fairy tales have not lost their appeal to readers, authors and, as the contributors in this special issue explore, illustrators. The history of illustrated editions of the Grimms’ tales did not start in Germany – the first German edition had no illustrations, while the second edition of 1815 had just two small drawings by Ludwig Emil Grimm, a younger...